The recognition of slow earthquakes in geodetic and seismological data has transformed the
understanding of how plate motions are accommodated at major plate boundaries. Slow …

Analog, or physical, models have been used to investigate problems in structural geology
and tectonics for over two centuries. Together with field observations and theoretical …

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 …

Earthquake prediction is fundamentally hampered by insufficient knowledge of the
constitutive behavior of faults. Laboratory and theoretical work by Dieterich (1978) and …

Semi‐brittle flow occurs when crystal plasticity and cataclastic mechanisms operate
concurrently and may be common at mid‐levels of the Earth's crust. Using a Paterson gas …

Many engineering and natural materials, as well as earth systems, exhibit a combination of
elastic-plastic and viscous behaviors, but precisely evaluating their rheology, and the …

Field studies and seismic data show that semi‐brittle flow of fault rocks probably is the
dominant deformation mechanism at the base of the seismogenic zone at the so‐called …

The sources of shallow slow earthquakes at subduction zone fronts remain unclear, but are
commonly attributed to faults and shear zones. Structural studies of modern and ancient …

Slow slip events (SSEs) are identified as the quasi‐stable fault deformation in the deep
transition zone from locked to continuous sliding in many subduction zones. In the well …

Earth deformation is a multi-scale process ranging from seconds (seismic deformation) to
millions of years (tectonic deformation). Bridging short-and long-term deformation and …