Location of largest earthquake slip and fast rupture controlled by along‐strike change in fault structural maturity due to fault growth

C Perrin, I Manighetti, JP Ampuero… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Earthquake slip distributions are asymmetric along strike, but the reasons for the asymmetry
are unknown. We address this question by establishing empirical relations between …

The role of fluid pressure in induced vs. triggered seismicity: Insights from rock deformation experiments on carbonates

MM Scuderi, C Collettini - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Fluid overpressure is one of the primary mechanisms for tectonic fault slip, because fluids
lubricate the fault and fluid pressure reduces the effective normal stress that holds the fault in …

Rock and fault rheology explain differences between on fault and distributed seismicity

C Collettini, MR Barchi, N De Paola, F Trippetta… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Analysis of seismicity can illuminate active fault zone structures but also
deformation within large volumes of the seismogenic zone. For the Mw 6.5 2016–2017 …

Can grain size sensitive flow lubricate faults during the initial stages of earthquake propagation?

N De Paola, RE Holdsworth, C Viti, C Collettini… - Earth and Planetary …, 2015 - Elsevier
Recent friction experiments carried out under upper crustal P–T conditions have shown that
microstructures typical of high temperature creep develop in the slip zone of experimental …

Heterogeneous strength and fault zone complexity of carbonate-bearing thrusts with possible implications for seismicity

T Tesei, C Collettini, MR Barchi, BM Carpenter… - Earth and Planetary …, 2014 - Elsevier
The understanding of fault-slip behaviour in carbonates has an important societal impact
due to the widespread occurrence and propagation of earthquakes in these rocks. Fault rock …

Complex spatiotemporal evolution of the 2008 Mw 4.9 Mogul earthquake swarm (Reno, Nevada): Interplay of fluid and faulting

CJ Ruhl, RE Abercrombie, KD Smith… - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
After approximately 2 months of swarm‐like earthquakes in the Mogul neighborhood of west
Reno, NV, seismicity rates and event magnitudes increased over several days culminating …

On the evolution of elastic properties during laboratory stick‐slip experiments spanning the transition from slow slip to dynamic rupture

E Tinti, MM Scuderi, L Scognamiglio… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The physical mechanisms governing slow earthquakes remain unknown, as does the
relationship between slow and regular earthquakes. To investigate the mechanism (s) of …

Fault slip and seismic source response characteristics under induced stress wave

Z Ding, X Feng, E Wang - Engineering Failure Analysis, 2024 - Elsevier
As coal mining depth and structural complexity increase, the failure severity of mining-
induced fault activation leading to rock bursts escalates. Fault fracture zones, consisting of …

Fault planes, fault zone structure and detachment fragmentation resolved with high‐precision aftershock locations of the 2016–2017 central Italy sequence

F Waldhauser, M Michele, L Chiaraluce… - Geophysical …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Three devastating earthquakes of MW≥ 5.9 activated a complex system of high‐angle
normal, antithetic, and sub‐horizontal detachment faults during the 2016–2017 central Italy …

The influence of normal stress and sliding velocity on the frictional behaviour of calcite at room temperature: Insights from laboratory experiments and microstructural …

BM Carpenter, C Collettini, C Viti… - Geophysical Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
The presence of calcite in and near faults, as the dominant material, cement, or vein fill,
indicates that the mechanical behaviour of carbonate-dominated material likely plays an …