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 …

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 …

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

Rock rheology and density have first‐order effects on the lithosphere's response to plate
tectonic forces at plate boundaries. Changes in these rock properties are controlled by …

During an earthquake, the heat generated by fault friction may be large enough to activate
the devolatilization of minerals forming the fault rocks. In this paper, we model the …

We present field and laboratory data on pulverized rocks at the Hakusui-kyo outcrop of the
Arima-Takatsuki Tectonic Line (ATTL), which is a dextral strike slip fault with~ 17km …

A statistical approach has been developed for modeling the dynamic response of brittle
materials by superimposing the effects of a myriad of microcracks, including opening, shear …

Melt-origin pseudotachylytes are the most widely accepted feature recording earthquake slip
in the fault rock record. However, reports of pseudotachylytes are rare compared to the …

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 …

The Woodlark Rift in Papua New Guinea hosts the world's youngest (2–8Ma) eclogite-facies
rocks and extensional deformation has played a key role in exhuming these (U) HP rocks at …