Fault lubrication during earthquakes

Fault lubrication and earthquake propagation in thermally unstable rocks

(2010) Nicola De Paola et al.   GEOLOGY

Strong velocity weakening and powder lubrication of simulated carbonate faults at seismic slip rates

(2010) Raehee Han et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Fault weakening and earthquake instability by powder lubrication

(2010) Ze’ev Reches et al.   NATURE

Earthquake ruptures with thermal weakening and the operation of major faults at low overall stress levels

(2009) Hiroyuki Noda et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

High-velocity frictional behavior and microstructure evolution of fault gouge obtained from Nojima fault, southwest Japan

(2009) Kazuo Mizoguchi et al.   TECTONOPHYSICS

Scale dependence in the dynamics of earthquake propagation: Evidence from seismological and geological observations

(2008) Massimo Cocco et al.   EARTH AND PLANETARY SCIENCE LETTERS

Use of a modified torsional Kolsky bar to study frictional slip resistance in rock-analog materials at coseismic slip rates

(2008) Fuping Yuan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOLIDS AND STRUCTURES

Frictional melt and seismic slip

(2008) S. Nielsen et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

High-velocity frictional properties of a clay-bearing fault gouge and implications for earthquake mechanics

(2008) N. Brantut et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Constitutive relationships and physical basis of fault strength due to flash heating

(2008) N. M. Beeler et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH