The recognition of slow earthquakes in geodetic and seismological data has transformed the
understanding of how plate motions are accommodated at major plate boundaries. Slow …

Microtectonics deals with the interpretation of microstructures, small-scale deformation
structures in rocks that yield abundant information on the history and type of deformation and …

Shear displacements in crustal fault zones are accommodated by a range of seismic styles,
including standard earthquakes, non-volcanic tremor, and continuous and transitory …

Abstract The Anisotropy of Magnetic Susceptibility (AMS) is a well-established petrofabric
tool for indicating relative strain and microstructural character and has been validated on …

Inclined transpression can be defined in terms of simultaneous contraction and strike-slip
and dip-slip shearing, and is illustrated here using a strain triangle in which the apices …

We present new in situ observations of systematic asymmetry in the pattern of damage
expressed by fault zone rocks along sections of the San Andreas, San Jacinto, and …

Recent high-resolution GPS and seismological data reveal that tectonic faults exhibit
complex, multi-mode slip behavior including earthquakes, creep events, slow and silent …

To determine how deformation mechanisms and fabrics evolve during the strain weakening
and localization that accompany the transition from a load-bearing framework to an …

Fault slip speeds range from steady plate boundary creep through to earthquake slip.
Geological descriptions of faults range from localized displacement on one or more discrete …

Abstract The Alpine Fault in New Zealand is a major plate-bounding structure that typically
slips in∼ M8 earthquakes every c. 330 years. To investigate the near-surface, high-velocity …