Mature fault cores are comprised of extremely fine, low permeability, clay‐bearing gouges.
Saturated granular fault materials are known to dilate in response to increases in sliding …

We investigated the frictional properties of simulated fault gouges derived from the main
lithologies present in the seismogenic Groningen gas field (NE Netherlands), employing in …

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 …

The near-surface areas of major faults commonly contain weak, phyllosilicate minerals,
which, based on laboratory friction measurements, are assumed to creep stably. However, it …

Fluids play a key role in modifying the chemical and physical properties of fault zones, which
may prime them for repeated rupture by the generation of high pore fluid pressures and …

Abstract The Alpine Fault, New Zealand, is a major plate‐bounding fault that accommodates
65–75% of the total relative motion between the Australian and Pacific plates. Here we …

Slow slip events (SSEs) and other forms of slow and transient fault slip are becoming
increasingly recognized as important, due to their influence on seismicity and potential to …

In retrograde faults exhuming mafic rocks, shearing occurs in metamorphic and/or
hydrothermally altered mineral assemblages whose frictional properties are not well known …

Paleoseismic evidence from the late‐interseismic Alpine Fault suggests key section
boundaries conditionally inhibit rupture. We utilize a year of data from a two‐part …

We describe the structural features and mineralogical and geochemical compositions of the
fault rocks recovered from boreholes at the Golden River site on the Yingxiu–Beichuan fault …