Mature fault cores are comprised of extremely fine, low permeability, clay‐bearing gouges.
Saturated granular fault materials are known to dilate in response to increases in sliding …

Fluids play an important role in seismic faulting both at hypocentral depths during
earthquake nucleation and at shallower crustal levels during rupture propagation. Pre-to co …

Laboratory measurements of constitutive frictional parameters are commonly inferred to
explain the wide variety of slip behavior seen on natural faults. The extent to which these …

Most previous experiments conducted on water-saturated clay-rich gouges sheared under
extreme deformation conditions (including seismic slip rates eg, 1 m/s, and displacements …

Although the effects of mechanical amorphization by fault motion on fault rocks have been
investigated both in nature and experiments, the relationship between slip processes and …

Abstract The 2008 Mw 7.9 Wenchuan earthquake generated∼ 270 and∼ 80 km long
surface ruptures along the Longmenshan fault belt, namely the Yingxiu‐Beichuan fault …

Abstract The 5.5 magnitude (Mw) earthquake in Pohang, South Korea in 2017 was one of
the largest triggered earthquakes at an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) site. Faults that …

Slip on the active Mai'iu low‐angle normal fault in Papua New Guinea that dips 15–24° at
the surface has exhumed in its footwall a single, continuous fault surface across a> 25‐km …

Tectonic pseudotachylytes have provided valuable insights into the evolution of seismic
activity during crustal deformation. However, the origin and formation processes of …

Whether seismic rupture propagates over large distances to generate mega-earthquakes or
is rapidly aborted mainly depends on the slip processes within the fault core, including …