Our models and understanding of the dynamics of earthquake rupture are based largely on
estimates of earthquake source parameters, such as stress drop and radiated seismic …

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

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 …

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 …

Earthquake instability requires fault weakening during slip. The mechanism of this
weakening is central to understanding earthquake sliding and, in many cases, has been …

Rate-and-state friction (RSF) is commonly used for the characterisation of laboratory friction
experiments, such as velocity-step tests. However, the RSF framework provides little …

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 …

This paper focuses on the progress in geomechanical modeling associated with carbon
dioxide (CO 2) geological storage. The detailed review of some geomechanical aspects …

Dynamic reduction of fault strength is a key process during earthquake rupture. Many
mechanisms for causing coseismic weakening have been proposed based on theory and …

To investigate differences in the frictional behavior between initially bare rock surfaces of
serpentinite and powdered serpentinite (“gouge”) at subseismic to seismic slip rates, we …