Our models and understanding of the dynamics of earthquake rupture are based largely on
estimates of earthquake source parameters, such as stress drop and radiated seismic …

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

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 …

Melt produced by friction during earthquakes may act either as a coseismic fault lubricant or
as a viscous brake. Here we estimate the dynamic shear resistance (τf) in the presence of …

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 …

We present field and laboratory data on pulverized rocks at the Hakusui-kyo outcrop of the
Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line (ATTL), which is a dextral strike slip fault with~ 17km …

Anticipated frictional dissipation during seismic rupture is such (10–100 MW/m2) that melting
on fault planes should be widespread provided slip is well-localized. However, despite …

Earthquakes are the result of a combination of (1) physico-chemical processes operating in
fault zones, which allow ruptures to nucleate and rock friction to decrease with increasing …

Most of our knowledge about co-seismic rupture propagation is derived from inversion and
interpretation of strong-ground-motion seismograms,,, laboratory experiments on rock, and …

Frictional melt is implied in a variety of processes such as seismic slip, ice skating, and
meteorite combustion. A steady state can be reached when melt is continuously produced …