We review recent results concerning the rheology of the lithosphere with special attention to
the following topics: 1) the flexure of the oceanic lithosphere, 2) deformation of the …

The recognition of slow earthquakes in geodetic and seismological data has transformed the
understanding of how plate motions are accommodated at major plate boundaries. Slow …

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 …

4.1 Introduction 51 4.2 Elastic constants 52 4.3 Isothermal versus adiabatic elastic constants
55 4.4 Experimental techniques 57 4.5 Some general trends in elasticity: Birch's law 59 4.6 …

A simple rheological model of shearing of the lithosphere that has gained wide acceptance
is a two layer model with an upper brittle zone in which deformation takes place by frictional …

Routine seismic monitoring in mines was introduced over 30 years ago with two main
objectives in mind:• immediate location of larger seIsmIC events to guide rescue operations;• …

We use the remarkable similarity between microstructures preserved in naturally and
experimentally deformed quartzites as a basis to evaluate quartzite flow laws and their …

The occurrence of mechanically weak zones (σ 1− σ 3< 10 MPa) at upper-, mid-and lower
crustal depths, inferred from geological and geophysical observations and interpretations, is …

The Punchbowl fault is an exhumed, 40+ km displacement fault of the San Andreas system.
In the Devil's Punchbowl, the fault contains a continuous ultracataclasite layer along which …

Observations of present-day normal faulting in regions of active continental extension may
be helpful when interpreting the geological record in older extensional basins. The most …