Fault-network geometry influences earthquake frictional behaviour

J Lee, VC Tsai, G Hirth, A Chatterjee, DT Trugman - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Understanding the factors governing the stability of fault slip is a crucial problem in fault
mechanics,–. The importance of fault geometry and roughness on fault-slip behaviour has …

[HTML][HTML] Envisioning faults beyond the framework of fracture mechanics

A Torabi, J Rudnicki, B Alaei, G Buscarnera - Earth-Science Reviews, 2023 - Elsevier
Faults are complex structures that substantially influence the mechanical behavior and
hydraulic connectivity of rock formations. Therefore, studying faults is important for a variety …

Rupture jum** and seismic complexity in models of earthquake cycles for fault stepovers with off‐fault plasticity

MS Mia, M Abdelmeguid… - Bulletin of the …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Fault stepovers are prime examples of geometric complexity in natural fault zones that may
affect seismic hazard by determining whether an earthquake rupture continues propagating …

Strain threshold for the formation of coseismic surface rupture

C Li, T Li, J Hollingsworth, Y Zhang… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 2021 Mw 7.4 Maduo earthquake (eastern Tibetan Plateau), with a surface
deformation zone that is characterized by multiple distinct surface rupture segments …

Evolution of the off-fault deformation of strike-slip faults in a sand-box experiment

S Visage, P Souloumiac, N Cubas, B Maillot, S Antoine… - Tectonophysics, 2023 - Elsevier
Surface deformation associated with strike-slip faults can be distributed in space, with
deformation located either along the primary fault strand or around it and referred to as off …

Near-surface termination of upward-propagating strike-slip ruptures on the Yangsan Fault, Korea

Y Cheon, CM Kim, JH Choi, S Ha, S Lee, T Kim… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
We present a new example of the termination of strike-slip paleoearthquake ruptures in near-
surface regions on the Yangsan Fault, Korea, based on multi-scale structural observations …

Extensive off-fault damage around the 2023 Kahramanmaraş earthquake surface ruptures

J Liu, S Jónsson, X Li, W Yao, Y Klinger - Nature Communications, 2025 - nature.com
Quantifying coseismic fault offsets for surface ruptures of major earthquakes is important for
earthquake cycle and slip-rate studies, and thus for earthquake hazard assessments …

Physical and mechanical rock properties of a heterogeneous volcano; the case of Mount Unzen, Japan

JE Kendrick, LN Schaefer, J Schauroth… - Solid Earth …, 2020 - se.copernicus.org
Volcanoes represent one of the most critical geological settings for hazard modelling due to
their propensity to both unpredictably erupt and collapse, even in times of quiescence …

[HTML][HTML] Linked and fully coupled 3D earthquake dynamic rupture and tsunami modeling for the Húsavík–Flatey Fault Zone in North Iceland

F Kutschera, AA Gabriel, SA Wirp, B Li, T Ulrich… - Solid Earth, 2024 - se.copernicus.org
Tsunamigenic earthquakes pose considerable risks, both economically and socially, yet
earthquake and tsunami hazard assessments are typically conducted separately …

Fault geometry and rupture speed as controls on off-fault deformation in the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquakes

X **, C Li, T Li, Z Wei, Z Ma, G Zhang, C Qu… - … Earth & Environment, 2025 - nature.com
Coseismic off-fault deformation (OFD) measurements provide crucial insight into fault
deformation behavior and shallow faulting damage. Although kinematic and dynamic …