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

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 …

Geothermics is an area of geophysics that studies the thermal state and history of the interior
of the Earth. Solar heat penetrates only into the topmost layers of the Earth's crust. Diurnal …

High‐velocity friction tests were conducted on solid and hollow cylinders of Carrara (calcite)
marble, dolomite marble, silicate‐bearing calcite marble, and calcite gouge to investigate …

This Chapter describes the most important thermal parameters such as conductivity,
capacity, duffusivity and interrelation of these parameters between themselves. Effect of …

There is increasing evidence that the Himalayan seismicity can be bimodal: blind
earthquakes (up to Mw~ 7.8) tend to cluster in the downdip part of the seismogenic zone …

The underestimation of the size of recent megathrust earthquakes illustrates our limited
understanding of their spatiotemporal occurrence and governing physics. To unravel their …

The Moon possesses strong magnetic anomalies that are enigmatic given the weak
magnetism of lunar rocks. We show that the most prominent grouping of anomalies can be …

Multiring basins, large impact craters characterized by multiple concentric topographic rings,
dominate the stratigraphy, tectonics, and crustal structure of the Moon. Using a hydrocode …

Intermediate‐depth earthquakes occur at depths where temperatures and pressures exceed
those at which brittle failure is expected. There are two leading candidates for the physical …