The determination of rock friction at seismic slip rates (about 1 ms− 1) is of paramount
importance in earthquake mechanics, as fault friction controls the stress drop, the …

Exhumed fault zones offer insights into deformation processes associated with earthquakes
in unparalleled spatial resolution; however it can be difficult to differentiate seismic slip from …

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 …

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

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

Subduction zone earthquakes can propagate to the surface causing large seafloor
displacements resulting in tsunamis. This requires the earthquake to rupture through clay …

Recent friction experiments carried out under upper crustal P–T conditions have shown that
microstructures typical of high temperature creep develop in the slip zone of experimental …

Earthquakes occur along faults in response to plate tectonic movements, but paradoxically,
are not widely recognized in the geological record, severely limiting our knowledge of …

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 …

Earthquake instability requires fault weakening during slip. The mechanism of this
weakening is central to understanding earthquake sliding and, in many cases, has been …