Because quartz veins are common in fault zones exhumed from earthquake nucleation
temperatures (150° C–350° C), quartz cementation may be an important mechanism of …

Minerals on fault surfaces record fluid-rock interaction, strain, and/or heat during fault slip.
Fault-hosted hematite is amenable to (U–Th)/He (He) thermochronometry. Hematite He …

The structural and metamorphic evolution of the lower crust has direct effects on the
lithospheric response to plate tectonic processes involved in orogeny, including subsidence …

During an earthquake, part of the released elastic strain energy is dissipated within the slip
zone by frictional and fracturing processes, the rest being radiated away via elastic waves …

We conducted outcrop‐to‐nanoscale structural observations on a principal slip zone (PSZ)
of the Yangsan fault, a major strike‐slip fault in southeast Korea, and some high‐velocity …

Tectonic pseudotachylytes are solidified frictional melts produced on faults during
earthquakes and are robust markers of seismic slip events. Nonetheless, pseudotachylytes …

Natural faults or discontinuities in general are usually rough at different scales, and the
roughness of fault surfaces plays a dominant role in determining the mode of sliding (stable …

Understanding the ability of the lower crust to support transient changes in stresses and
strain rates during the earthquake cycle requires a detailed investigation of the deformation …

Solidified frictional melts, or pseudotachylytes, are observed in exhumed faults from across
the seismogenic zone. These unique fault rocks, and many experimental studies, suggest …

The initiation of intraslab earthquakes and their location depend on multiple factors such as
slab heterogeneity, pre-subduction anisotropy, thermal parameters and the metamorphic …