Despite decades of observational, laboratory and theoretical studies, the processes leading
to large earthquake generation remain enigmatic. However, recent observations provide …

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 …

2.1 Definitions 30 2.2 Thickness determination 31 2.3 Thickness by direct measurement 31
2.4 Thickness from indirect measurements 32 2.5 Apparent thickness 36 2.6 Thickness …

Mechanical stratigraphy encompasses the mechanical properties, thicknesses, and interface
properties of rock units. Although mechanical stratigraphy often relates directly to …

Earthquake instability has long been attributed to fault weakening during accelerated slip,
and a central question of earthquake physics is identifying the mechanisms that control this …

Natural earthquakes often have very few observable foreshocks which significantly
complicates tracking potential preparatory processes. To better characterize expected …

В монографии приведены результаты многолетних исследований закономерностей
деформирования нарушений сплошности массивов горных пород. На основе …

Geometry and roughness of fault surfaces plays a central role in the dynamics and
kinematics of faulting. Faults smooth with increasing slip, but the degree of the smoothing …

Classical rate‐and‐state friction (RSF) laws are widely applied in modeling earthquake
dynamics but generally using empirically determined parameters with little or no knowledge …

Laboratory and field observations note the significant role of strength recovery (healing) on
faults during interseismic periods and implicate pressure solution as a plausible mechanism …