The determination of rock friction at seismic slip rates (about 1 ms− 1) is of paramount
importance in earthquake mechanics, as fault friction controls the stress drop, the …

Exhumed fault zones offer insights into deformation processes associated with earthquakes
in unparalleled spatial resolution; however it can be difficult to differentiate seismic slip from …

It is increasingly apparent that faults are typically not discrete planes but zones of deformed
rock with a complex internal structure and three-dimensional geometry. In the last decade …

Large seismogenic faults consist of approximately meter-thick fault cores surrounded by
hundreds-of-meters-thick damage zones. Earthquakes are generated by rupture …

High-velocity weakening of faults may drive fault motion during large earthquakes.
Experiments on simulated faults in Carrara marble at slip rates up to 1.3 meters per second …

High‐velocity friction tests were conducted on solid and hollow cylinders of Carrara (calcite)
marble, dolomite marble, silicate‐bearing calcite marble, and calcite gouge to investigate …

By considering the implications of the comminution generally associated with very large
landslides, we arrive at a simple explanation for the remarkably low frictional resistance to …

Subduction zone earthquakes can propagate to the surface causing large seafloor
displacements resulting in tsunamis. This requires the earthquake to rupture through clay …

Frictional properties of natural kaolinite‐bearing gouge samples from the Median Tectonic
Line (SW Japan) have been studied using a high‐velocity rotary shear apparatus, and …

Friction plays a key role in how ruptures unzip faults in the Earth's crust and release waves
that cause destructive shaking. Yet dynamic friction evolution is one of the biggest …