Table of Contents
Contributors vii
Preface xi
Part I: Structural Evidences of Coseismic Slip 1
1 Incipient Pulverization at Shallow Burial Depths Along the San Jacinto Fault, Southern CaliforniaJames J. Whearty, Thomas K. Rockwell, and Gary H. Girty 3
2 Seismic Rupture Parameters Deduced From a Pliocene-Pleistocene Fault Pseudotachylyte in TaiwanCaitlyn S. Korren, Eric C. Ferre, En?-Chao Yeh, Yu?]Min Chou, and Hao?]Tsu Chu 21
3 Fluid Inclusion Evidence of Coseismic Fluid Flow Induced by Dynamic RuptureThomas M. Mitchell, Jose M. Cembrano, Kazuna Fujita, Kenichi Hoshino, Daniel R. Faulkner, Pamela Perez Flores, Gloria Arancibia, Marieke Rempe, and Rodrigo Gomila 37
4 Coseismic Damage Generation and Pulverization in Fault Zones: Insights From Dynamic Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar ExperimentsFranciscus M. Aben, Mai?-Linh Doan, Jean?]Pierre Gratier, and François Renard 47
5 “Coseismic Foliations” in Gouge and Cataclasite: Experimental Observations and Consequences for Interpreting the Fault Rock RecordSteven A. F. Smith, James R. Griffiths, Michele Fondriest, and Giulio Di Toro 81
Part II: Fault Properties During Dynamic Rupture 103
6 The Transition From Frictional Sliding to Shear Melting in Laboratory Stick-Slip ExperimentsDavid A. Lockner, Brian D. Kilgore, Nicholas M. Beeler, and Diane E. Moore 105
7 Powder Rolling as a Mechanism of Dynamic Fault WeakeningXiaofeng Chen, Andrew S. Elwood Madden, and Ze’ev Reches 133
8 Earthquake Source Properties From Instrumented Laboratory Stick-SlipBrian D. Kilgore, Art McGarr, Nicholas M. Beeler, and David A. Lockner 151
9 Dynamic Weakening and the Depth Dependence of Earthquake FaultingNicolas Brantut and John D. Platt 171
Part III: Influence of Fault Properties on Coseismic Rupture 195
10 Scaling of Fault Roughness and Implications for Earthquake MechanicsFrançois Renard and Thibault Candela 197
11 Fault Branching and Long-Term Earthquake Rupture Scenario for Strike-Slip EarthquakesYann Klinger, Jin?-Hyuck Choi, and Amaury Vallage 217
12 Influence of Fault Strength on Precursory Processes During Laboratory EarthquakesFrançois. X. Passelègue, Soumaya Latour, Alexandre Schubnel, Stefan Nielsen, Harsha S. Bhat, and Raúl Madariaga 229
13 Upper Limit on Damage Zone Thickness Controlled by Seismogenic DepthJean Paul Ampuero and Xiaolin Mao 243
14 Effect of Brittle Off-Fault Damage on Earthquake Rupture DynamicsMarion Y. Thomas, Harsha S. Bhat, and Yann Klinger 255
Index 281