Fault zones and fault systems have a key role in the development of the Earth's crust. They
control the mechanics and fluid flow properties of the crust, and the architecture of …

▪ Abstract This paper reviews rock friction and the frictional properties of earthquake faults.
The basis for rate-and state-dependent friction laws is reviewed. The friction state variable is …

Faults can slip seismically or aseismically depending on their hydromechanical properties,
which can be measured in the laboratory. Here, we demonstrate that fault slip induced by …

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 …

We obtain quasi‐static, two‐dimensional solutions for earthquake nucleation on faults
obeying Dieterich's “aging” version of the rate and state friction equations. Two distinct …

We performed laboratory friction experiments on shale samples from three hydrocarbon
reservoirs to assess compositional controls on fault slip behavior accompanying hydraulic …

The slip behavior of major faults depends largely on the frictional and hydrologic properties
of fault gouge. We report on laboratory experiments designed to measure the strength …

Aseismic deformation transients can emerge as a natural outcome of the rate and state
friction processes revealed in laboratory fault‐sliding experiments. When that constitutive …

We compare 2‐D, quasi‐static earthquake nucleation on rate‐and‐state faults under both
“aging” and “slip” versions of the state evolution law. For both versions mature nucleation …

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 …