Large seismogenic faults consist of approximately meter-thick fault cores surrounded by
hundreds-of-meters-thick damage zones. Earthquakes are generated by rupture …

Earthquake-like ruptures break the contacts that form the frictional interface separating
contacting bodies and mediate the onset of frictional motion (stick-slip). The slip (motion) of …

We review properties and processes of earthquake rupture zones based on field studies,
laboratory observations, theoretical models and simulations, with the goal of assessing the …

This paper employed an experimental system based on the total reflection method to study
the contact interface behavior during the stress drop process of stick-slip friction. The two …

Earthquakes are frictional instabilities caused by the shear stress decrease, that is, dynamic
weakening, of faults with slip and slip rate. During dynamic weakening, shear stress …

A large earthquake unlocks a fault‐zone via dynamic rupture while releasing part of the
elastic energy stored during the interseismic stage. As earthquakes occur at depth, the …

Frictional interfaces lose stability via earthquake‐like ruptures, which are close analogues of
shear cracks that are well‐described by fracture mechanics. Interface ruptures, however …

Weathering is a geological/geo-environmental process that degrades and transforms rocks,
contributing to landslides and instability of geo-systems and infrastructures. The effects of …

In multiple observed caldera‐forming eruptions, the rock overlying a draining magma
reservoir dropped downward along ring faults in sequences of discrete collapse …

The energy budget and the interplay between stable friction evolution and dynamic stick‐
slips are tested here under continuous slip along rough faults. We conducted 34 direct …