The rupture mechanisms of intraslab earthquakes: A multiscale review and re-evaluation

E Hosseinzadehsabeti, EC Ferré, P Persaud… - Earth-Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
The initiation of intraslab earthquakes and their location depend on multiple factors such as
slab heterogeneity, pre-subduction anisotropy, thermal parameters and the metamorphic …

Methane-hydrogen-rich fluid migration may trigger seismic failure in subduction zones at forearc depths

F Giuntoli, L Menegon, G Siron, F Cognigni… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Metamorphic fluids, faults, and shear zones are carriers of carbon from the deep Earth to
shallower reservoirs. Some of these fluids are reduced and transport energy sources, like …

Metamorphism and deformation on subduction interfaces: 1. Physical framework

PC England, AJ Smye - Geochemistry, Geophysics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
A thermal and mechanical framework is presented for analysis of pressure‐temperature (P‐
T) data and structural observations from high‐pressure‐low‐temperature (HPLT) terrains. P …

Melting of fault gouge at shallow depth during the 2008 MW 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake, China

H Wang, HB Li, G Di Toro, LW Kuo… - …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Typical rocks at shallow depths of seismogenic faults are fluid-rich gouges. During
earthquakes, on-fault frictional heating may trigger thermal pressurization and dynamic fault …

[HTML][HTML] 汶川地震假玄武玻璃的特征、 成因及其构造意义

王焕, 李海兵, 司家亮, 裴军令, 孙知明, 张蕾 - 岩石学报, 2023 - dzkx.org
富流体的断层泥是浅部地震断层带中的特征岩石. 一般认为, 地震过程中摩擦热会导致粒间孔隙
流体热膨胀增压, 形成同震断层弱化(热增压机制), 从而抑制摩擦熔融的发生. 然而我们研究发现 …

The pressure‐and temperature‐dependence of thermal pressurization in localized faults

NZ Badt, C Huber, G Hirth… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thermal pressurization (TP) is predicted to be an important dynamic frictional weakening
mechanism during earthquakes. The prevailing models, though, assume that the physical …

Geological records of coseismic shear localization along the Yangsan Fault, Korea

D Gu, R Han, S Woo - Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We conducted outcrop‐to‐nanoscale structural observations on a principal slip zone (PSZ)
of the Yangsan fault, a major strike‐slip fault in southeast Korea, and some high‐velocity …

Microstructures of epidote-prehnite bearing damaged granitoids (northern Victoria Land, Antarctica): Clues for the interaction between faulting and hydrothermal fluids

C Malatesta, L Crispini, B Ildefonse, L Federico… - Journal of Structural …, 2021 - Elsevier
Exhumed faults in granitoids along the Lanterman Fault-Rennick Graben Fault system
(northern Victoria Land, Antarctica) show superposed ductile to brittle deformation and …

Fault reactivation and propagation in the northern Adamello pluton: The structure and kinematics of a kilometre-scale seismogenic source

S Mittempergher, A Zanchi, S Zanchetta, M Fumagalli… - Tectonophysics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The northern Adamello batholith (European Southern Alps) is crosscut by EW
trending pseudotachylyte-bearing paleoseismic fault zones composed of multiple …

Frictional melting in Hydrothermal fluid‐rich faults: Field and experimental evidence from the Bolfín fault zone (Chile)

R Gomila, M Fondriest, E Jensen… - Geochemistry …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Tectonic pseudotachylytes are thought to be unique to certain water‐deficient seismogenic
environments and their presence is considered to be rare in the geological record. Here, we …