Deformation along faults in the shallow crust (< 1 km) introduces permeability heterogeneity
and anisotropy, which has an important impact on processes such as regional groundwater …

Fault zones and fault systems have a key role in the development of the Earth's crust. They
control the mechanics and fluid flow properties of the crust, and the architecture of …

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 …

Geological and geophysical evidence suggests that some crustal faults are weak,,,,,
compared to laboratory measurements of frictional strength. Explanations for fault weakness …

Sliding on faults in much of the continental crust likely occurs at hydrothermal conditions, ie,
at elevated temperature and elevated pressure of aqueous pore fluids, yet there have been …

It is increasingly apparent that faults are typically not discrete planes but zones of deformed
rock with a complex internal structure and three-dimensional geometry. In the last decade …

The permeability of a sand shale mixture is analyzed as a function of shale fraction and the
permeability of the two end‐members, ie, the permeability of a clay‐free sand and the …

A fundamental problem in fault mechanics is whether slip instability associated with
earthquake nucleation depends on absolute fault strength. We present laboratory …

Some faults are considered strong because their strength is consistent with the Coulomb
criterion under Byerlee's friction, 0.6< μ< 0.85. In marked contrast, numerous studies have …

During the latest Cretaceous-early Paleogene Laramide orogeny, the lithosphere beneath
the southernmost Sierra Nevada batholith and the adjacent Mojave Desert region batholith …