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 …

Low-angle normal faults, LANF,(dip< 30°) have been proposed as key-structures for
accommodating crustal extension. In contrast, frictional fault reactivation theory predicts that …

Some faults are considered strong because their strength is consistent with the Coulomb
criterion under Byerlee's friction, 0.6< μ< 0.85. In marked contrast, numerous studies have …

We studied the anatomy of the fault system where the 2009 L'Aquila earthquake (MW 6.1)
nucleated by means of~ 64 k high‐precision earthquake locations spanning 1 year. Data …

Abstract Analysis of seismicity can illuminate active fault zone structures but also
deformation within large volumes of the seismogenic zone. For the Mw 6.5 2016–2017 …

Recent friction experiments carried out under upper crustal P–T conditions have shown that
microstructures typical of high temperature creep develop in the slip zone of experimental …

Earthquakes vary in size over many orders of magnitude, often rupturing in complex
multifault and multievent sequences. Despite the large number of observed earthquakes, the …

Starting from 24 August 2016, a long seismic sequence, including nine Mw> 5.0
earthquakes, struck a wide area of the Central Italy. A large amount of geological, geodetic …

Experiments performed on dolomite or Mg-calcite gouges at seismic slip rates (v> 1 m/s) and
displacements (d> 1 m) show that the frictional coefficient μ decays exponentially from peak …

Earthquakes are the result of a combination of (1) physico-chemical processes operating in
fault zones, which allow ruptures to nucleate and rock friction to decrease with increasing …