The principle of work minimization has been used in various forms to account for the
development of active fault systems within a wide range of tectonic settings. We review the …

Bedrock rivers set the pace of landscape adjustment to tectonic and climatic forcing by
transmitting signals of base-level change upstream through the channel network and …

With an obliquity of∼ 30° relative to plate motion direction, the∼ 300‐km‐long Big Bend of
the San Andreas Fault is one of the world's largest restraining bends. The 5–6 Ma (∼ 160 …

The San Andreas fault has the highest calculated time-dependent probability for large-
magnitude earthquakes in southern California. However, where the fault is multistranded …

In general, seismic slip along faults reduces the average shear stress within earthquake
source regions, but stress drops of specific earthquakes are observed to vary widely in size …

To better constrain fault slip rates and patterns of interseismic deformation in the western
Transverse Ranges of southern California, we present results from analysis of GPS and …

Kinematic assumptions of geodetic inversions for fault slip require that the slip sums to the
(plate) boundary velocity. This assumption neglects permanent off-fault deformation, which …

Restraining bends are regions of mechanical inefficiency along strike-slip faults where faults
evolve to improve efficiency. Analog experiments using wet kaolin examine the evolution of …

The slip rates on the Xianshuihe-Xiaojiang fault system (XXFS) are crucial for understanding
the strain partitioning and evaluating its seismic risk. Here, we establish a 3D viscoelastic …

Large and shallow strike-slip earthquakes produce striking ground ruptures, damaging
roads and infrastructure but providing great opportunities for examining the fault's structure …