Early weakening processes inside thrust fault

Frictional strength and strain weakening in simulated fault gouge: Competition between geometrical weakening and chemical strengthening

[1] Despite the importance of hydromechanical effects in fault processes, not much is known about the interplay of chemical and mechanical processes, in part because the conditions are difficult to simulate in the laboratory. We report results from an experimental study of simulated fault gouge composed of rock salt sheared under conditions where pressure solution is known to operate. At slidin...

Slip-weakening distance estimated at near-fault stations

Fault Weakening and Shear Localization during Crater Collapse

Introduction: The observed morphologies of impact basins can only be explained by invoking dramatic weakening of the crater walls and floor during crater collapse, but the mechanism underlying the drop in strength is unknown. Here, we explore the possibility that strain-weakening along faults is the primary mechanism. We present a model of temperatureand pressure-dependant strain-weakening alon...

fault pattern and estimation of uplift rate along the high zagros thrust fault

(paper pages 133-156) zagros active fold-thrust belt lies on the northern margin of the arabian continental crust it is a young fold-thrust mountain belt currently shortening, thickening and uplifting as a result of the collision of the arabian and iranian plates. rethickening of crust during collisional orogenies could have been carried out by reversal of fault motion along the mesozoic normal...

Earth tides can trigger shallow thrust fault earthquakes.

We show a correlation between the occurrence of shallow thrust earthquakes and the occurrence of the strongest tides. The rate of earthquakes varies from the background rate by a factor of 3 with the tidal stress. The highest correlation is found when we assume a coefficient of friction of mu = 0.4 for the crust, although we see good correlation for mu between 0.2 and 0.6. Our results quantify ...