Despite decades of observational, laboratory and theoretical studies, the processes leading
to large earthquake generation remain enigmatic. However, recent observations provide …

In a context of global change and increasing anthropic pressure on the environment,
monitoring the Earth system and its evolution has become one of the key missions of …

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 …

The existence of an observable precursory phase of slip on the fault before large
earthquakes has been debated for decades. Although observations preceding several large …

The scaling law for slow earthquakes, which is a linear relationship between seismic
moment and duration, was proposed 15 y ago and initiated a debate on the difference in …

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 …

Earthquake prediction, the long-sought holy grail of earthquake science, continues to
confound Earth scientists. Could we make advances by crowdsourcing, drawing from the …

Tectonic faults fail in a spectrum of modes, ranging from earthquakes to slow slip events.
The physics of fast earthquakes are well described by stick–slip friction and elastodynamic …

Slow earthquakes are episodic slow fault slips. They form a fundamental component of
interplate deformation processes, along with fast, regular earthquakes. Recent …

Slow slip events have become recognized in the last decade as an important mode of fault
slip, and are most widely observed at subduction zones. Many episodes of tectonic tremor …