Constraining the maximum likely magnitude of future earthquakes on continental transform
faults has fundamental consequences for the expected seismic hazard. Since the recurrence …

Natural earthquakes often have very few observable foreshocks which significantly
complicates tracking potential preparatory processes. To better characterize expected …

Estimating the expected size of the largest earthquake on a given fault is complicated by
dynamic rupture interactions in addition to geometric and stress heterogeneity. However, a …

Earthquakes rarely occur in isolation but rather as complex sequences of fore, main and
aftershocks. Assessing the associated seismic hazard requires a holistic view of event …

Recent modeling studies have explored whether earthquakes begin with a large aseismic
nucleation process or initiate dynamically from the rapid growth of a smaller instability in a …

In many rock engineering structures, the fracture network's complexity and the generated
fractures' roughness are immensely important for understanding the hydraulic conductivity of …

The b value is a critical parameter that has been used to describe spatial and temporal size
distribution characteristics in data from both natural seismicity and laboratory rock acoustic …

We report macroscopic stick‐slip events in saw‐cut Westerly granite samples deformed
under controlled upper crustal stress conditions in the laboratory. Experiments were …

Understanding the fracturing mechanisms of rock on both macro-and micro-scale is
important for properly designing rock engineering applications. However, there is still a lack …

The loading rate effect is an important mechanical property affecting the failure mechanism
of rock materials. In this paper, the effect of loading rate on the mode I fracture characteristics …