Earthquake Nucleation Size: Evidence of Loading Rate Dependence in Laboratory Faults

Simon Guerin-Marthe1, Stefan Bjorklund Nielsen2, Stefano Giani3, Robert Bird3 and Giulio Di Toro4, (1)University of Durham, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom, (2)Durham University, Department of Earth Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom, (3)Durham University, School of Engineering and Computing Sciences, Durham, United Kingdom, (4)INGV (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia), Rome, Italy