This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

We introduce here the concept of Geotribology as an approach to study friction, wear, and
lubrication of geological systems. Methods of geotribology are applied here to characterize …

The rock mass in fault zones is frequently subjected to cyclic loading and unloading during
deep resource exploitation and tunnel excavation. Research on the mechanical and …

Preexisting faults exert a dominant control on frictional strength and stability of crustal faults.
However, the complex interplay between fault and host rocks and their influences on …

Stick–slips are spontaneous, unstable slip events during which a natural or man-made
system transitions from a strong, sticking stage to a weaker, slipping stage. Stick–slips were …

Natural fault zones are complex, spatially heterogeneous systems. Rock deformation
experimental studies simplify the complexity of natural fault zones either as a surface …

Glossy, light reflective surfaces are commonly exposed in carbonate fault-zones. It was
suggested that such surfaces, recently termed Fault Mirrors (FMs), form during seismic slip …

Determination of the frictional properties of rocks is crucial for an understanding of
earthquake mechanics, because most earthquakes are caused by frictional sliding along …

Natural faults or discontinuities in general are usually rough at different scales, and the
roughness of fault surfaces plays a dominant role in determining the mode of sliding (stable …

Under the high geo-stress conditions, the stick–slip instability of faults or rock discontinuities
might lead to earthquakes or rock bursts, and then significantly affects the stability of rock …