Slow earthquakes are episodic slow fault slips. They form a fundamental component of
interplate deformation processes, along with fast, regular earthquakes. Recent …

The world's most devastating local and ocean-wide tsunamis are generated by subduction
zone earthquakes, but the mechanisms for powerful seafloor uplift and tsunami generation …

Cataclasites are a characteristic rock type found in drill cores from active faults as well as in
exposed fossil subduction faults. Here, cataclasites are commonly associated with evidence …

Trench sediments such as pelagic clay or terrigenous turbidites have long been invoked to
explain the seismogenic behavior of the megathrust fault (ie, décollement). Recent …

Mineralogy, fabric, and frictional properties are fundamental aspects of faults. Despite the
extensive effort spent in the characterization of such fault properties, the description of fabric …

Abstract Deep Slow Slip and Tremors (SSTs) are a combination of transient clusters of
tectonic tremors and slow slip associated with extremely elevated fluid pressures. SSTs are …

Over the past two decades, multi-temporal InSAR techniques have been successfully
utilized to monitor surface deformation throughout earthquake cycles. As sensor resolution …

The frictional properties of faults control the initiation and propagation of earthquakes and
the associated hazards. Although the ambient temperature and instantaneous slip velocity …

Abstract The Arosa Zone, Central Alps, represents a Cretaceous to Paleogene fossil
subduction interface from paleodepths of 10 to> 35 km. Metasedimentary schists directly …

A variety of mechanisms have been proposed to explain how a fault might deform relatively
slowly, rather than manifesting as earthquakes. Several rely on the frictional properties of the …