▪ Abstract This paper reviews rock friction and the frictional properties of earthquake faults.
The basis for rate-and state-dependent friction laws is reviewed. The friction state variable is …

Crustal deformation patterns are affected by multiscale granulation and healing processes
associated with phase transitions between continuum and discrete states of rocks. The …

Many aspects of earthquake mechanics remain an enigma as we enter the closing years of
the twentieth century. One potential bright spot is the realization that simple calculations of …

The assimilation of geological, geophysical, and laboratory data in physics-based models of
fault dynamics promises increasingly realistic simulations of the seismic cycle. To assist this …

We present an efficient and rigorous numerical procedure for calculating the elastodynamic
response of a fault subjected to slow tectonic loading processes of long duration within …

We study the stability of steady sliding between elastically deformable continua using rate
and state dependent friction laws. That is done for both elastically identical and elastically …

We use observations of earthquake source parameters over a wide magnitude range (MW∼
0–7) to place constraints on constitutive fault weakening. The data suggest a scale …

Earthquake nucleation and early seismic propagation are studied in a two‐dimensional
strike‐slip fault model with depth‐variable properties. The fault is governed by the Dieterich …

To investigate the possible physical mechanisms of recently observed aseismic slip events
in the Cascadia, Japan and Mexico subduction zones, we apply a Dieterich‐Ruina rate and …

A series of systematic, high‐resolution laboratory experiments have been performed on the
nucleation of propagating slip failure on preexisting faults having different surface …