Do faults preserve a record of seismic slip: A second opinion

CD Rowe, WA Griffith - Journal of Structural Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Exhumed fault zones offer insights into deformation processes associated with earthquakes
in unparalleled spatial resolution; however it can be difficult to differentiate seismic slip from …

A review of fault sealing behaviour and its evaluation in siliciclastic rocks

Y Pei, DA Paton, RJ Knipe, K Wu - Earth-Science Reviews, 2015 - Elsevier
Faults can be either conduits or retarders for fluid flow. As the presence of faults increases
the risks for hydrocarbon exploration, the sealing behaviour of a fault zone has been a focus …

Strain localization and the onset of dynamic weakening in calcite fault gouge

SAF Smith, S Nielsen, G Di Toro - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2015 - Elsevier
To determine the role of strain localization during dynamic weakening of calcite gouge at
seismic slip rates, single-slide and slide–hold–slide experiments were conducted on 2–3 …

Dynamic weakening of serpentinite gouges and bare surfaces at seismic slip rates

BP Proctor, TM Mitchell, G Hirth… - Journal of …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate differences in the frictional behavior between initially bare rock surfaces of
serpentinite and powdered serpentinite (“gouge”) at subseismic to seismic slip rates, we …

Fracturing and rock pulverization along an exhumed seismogenic fault zone in dolostones: The Foiana Fault Zone (Southern Alps, Italy)

M Fondriest, S Aretusini, G Di Toro, SAF Smith - Tectonophysics, 2015 - Elsevier
Abstract The Foiana Fault Zone (FFZ) is a major sinistral transpressive fault zone exhumed
from< 2 km depth in the Italian Southern Alps. The fault zone crosscuts thick sequences of …

Structure of a normal seismogenic fault zone in carbonates: the Vado di Corno Fault, Campo Imperatore, Central Apennines (Italy)

M Demurtas, M Fondriest, F Balsamo… - Journal of Structural …, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract The Vado di Corno Fault Zone (VCFZ) is an active extensional fault cutting through
carbonates in the Italian Central Apennines. The fault zone was exhumed from∼ 2 km depth …

Effects of healing on the seismogenic potential of carbonate fault rocks: Experiments on samples from the Longmenshan Fault, Sichuan, China

J Chen, BA Verberne, CJ Spiers - Journal of Geophysical …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Fault slip and healing history may crucially affect the fault seismogenic potential in the
earthquake nucleation regime. Here we report direct shear friction tests on simulated …

[HTML][HTML] Lithological controls on the deformation mechanisms operating within carbonate-hosted faults during the seismic cycle

RJ Bullock, N De Paola, RE Holdsworth… - Journal of Structural …, 2014 - Elsevier
A significant proportion of moderate-large earthquakes, plus aftershocks, nucleate within
and propagate through upper-crustal carbonate-dominated sequences, where the effects of …

Origin of Triassic magmatism of the Southern Alps (Italy): Constraints from geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopic ratios

M Lustrino, H Abbas, S Agostini, M Caggiati… - Gondwana …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract During Middle-early Late Triassic (∼ 243–235? Ma) a diffuse igneous activity
developed in the Southern Alps (Italy). Sparse lava flow and pyroclastic succession …

Space-time evolution of cataclasis in carbonate fault zones

F Ferraro, DS Grieco, F Agosta, G Prosser - Journal of Structural Geology, 2018 - Elsevier
The present contribution focuses on the micro-mechanisms associated to cataclasis of both
calcite-and dolomite-rich fault rocks. This work combines field and laboratory data of …