On February 6, 2023, two large earthquakes occurred near the Turkish town of
Kahramanmaraş. The moment magnitude (Mw) 7.8 mainshock ruptured a 310 km-long …

Frictional instabilities along tectonic faults produce a full spectrum of slip behaviors including
aseismic creep, slow earthquakes, and regular earthquakes. Thermally controlled rock …

The constitutive behavior of faults is central to many interconnected aspects of earthquake
science, from fault dynamics to induced seismicity, to seismic hazards characterization. Yet …

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 …

Establishing a constitutive law for fault friction is a crucial objective of earthquake science.
However, the complex frictional behavior of natural and synthetic gouges in laboratory …

The empirical rate‐and state‐dependent friction law is widely used to explain the frictional
resistance of rocks. However, the constitutive parameters vary with temperature and sliding …

Constitutive models of fault friction form the basis of physics-based simulations of seismic
activity. A generally accepted framework for the slip-rate and state dependence of friction …

Subduction megathrusts exhibit a spectrum of slip modes, including catastrophic
earthquakes. Although the mechanical and frictional properties of materials sampled from …

In order to investigate fault strength, healing and stability in the Nankai Trough accretionary
prism off Kii Peninsula, Japan, we conducted two series of triaxial friction experiments on …

Fault activation induced by dynamic normal disturbance loads resulting from activities such
as blasting, excavation, and earthquakes has the potential to trigger significant geological …