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

Fluids play an important role in seismic faulting both at hypocentral depths during
earthquake nucleation and at shallower crustal levels during rupture propagation. Pre-to co …

Cleavage and fault mirror (FM) are commonly observed in tectonically deformed shales
(TDSs), but their microstructures and effects on reservoir properties are rarely reported. In …

The presence of pressurized fluids influences the mechanical behavior of faults. To test the
roles of normal stress and fluid pressure on shear strength and localization behavior of …

Earthquakes are frictional instabilities caused by the shear stress decrease, that is, dynamic
weakening, of faults with slip and slip rate. During dynamic weakening, shear stress …

The rheological properties of olivine influence large‐scale, long‐term deformation
processes on rocky planets. Studies of the deformation of olivine at low temperatures and …

Some fault gouges (eg, kaolinite) exhibit velocity-strengthening behavior and slide stably at
low, subseismic slip rates (eg, 1–10 μm/s), accompanied by the preferential development of …

The understanding of earthquake physics is hindered by the poor knowledge of fault
strength and temperature evolution during seismic slip. Experiments reproducing seismic …

Laboratory studies suggest that seismogenic rupture on faults in carbonate terrains can be
explained by a transition from high friction, at low sliding velocities (V), to low friction due to …

Seismic ruptures often propagate along fault zones cutting km‐thick sequences of
carbonates (eg, Wenchuan Mw 7.8, 2008, China; L'Aquila Mw 6.1, 2009, Italy). As a …