Understanding the partitioning of seismic and aseismic fault slip is central to seismotectonics
as it ultimately determines the seismic potential of faults. Thanks to advances in tectonic …

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 …

Modern geodetic and seismologic observations describe the behavior of fault slip over a
vast range of spatial and temporal scales. Slip at sub-seismogenic speeds is evident from …

This essential reference for graduate students and researchers provides a unified treatment
of earthquakes and faulting as two aspects of brittle tectonics at different timescales. The …

Geological and geophysical evidence suggests that some crustal faults are weak,,,,,
compared to laboratory measurements of frictional strength. Explanations for fault weakness …

The aim of this review is to characterize the role of pressure solution creep in the ductility of
the Earth's upper crust and to describe how this creep mechanism competes and interacts …

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 …

Low-angle normal faults, LANF,(dip< 30°) have been proposed as key-structures for
accommodating crustal extension. In contrast, frictional fault reactivation theory predicts that …

We report an experimental and microstructural study of the frictional properties of simulated
fault gouges prepared from natural limestone (96% CaCO 3) and pure calcite. Our …

Previous rotary shear experiments, performed on a halite‐muscovite fault gouge analogue
system have shown that the presence of phyllosilicates, under conditions favoring the …