The determination of rock friction at seismic slip rates (about 1 ms− 1) is of paramount
importance in earthquake mechanics, as fault friction controls the stress drop, the …

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 …

The Daguangbao landslide was the most catastrophic mass movement triggered by the
2008 Wenchuan earthquake with a magnitude scale of Ms. 8.0. The landslide, which was …

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

Mechanical stratigraphy encompasses the mechanical properties, thicknesses, and interface
properties of rock units. Although mechanical stratigraphy often relates directly to …

Abstract We perform three‐dimensional (3‐D) numerical calculations of dynamic rupture
along non‐planar faults to study the effects of fault roughness on rupture propagation and …

Many faults are characterized by naturally polished, reflective, glossy surfaces, termed fault
mirrors (FMs), that form during slip. Recent experiments also find that FMs form during rapid …

Recent friction experiments carried out under upper crustal P–T conditions have shown that
microstructures typical of high temperature creep develop in the slip zone of experimental …

Melt-origin pseudotachylytes are the most widely accepted feature recording earthquake slip
in the fault rock record. However, reports of pseudotachylytes are rare compared to the …

Experiments performed on dolomite or Mg-calcite gouges at seismic slip rates (v> 1 m/s) and
displacements (d> 1 m) show that the frictional coefficient μ decays exponentially from peak …