At subduction zones, fluid flow, pore pressure, and tectonic processes are tightly
interconnected. Excess pore pressure is driven by tectonic loading and fluids released by …

The recognition of a previously unknown spectrum of slow earthquake phenomena has
ignited one of the most dynamic fields in modern seismology and fault mechanics. These …

Building products and services that people interact with is the big challenge of the 21st
century. Dan Saffer has done an amazing job synthesizing the chaos into an …

If you want to get ahead in this new era of interaction design, this is the reference you need.
Nintendo's Wii and Apple's iPhone and iPod Touch have made gestural interfaces popular …

Along plate boundary subduction thrusts, the transformation of smectite to illite within fault
gouge at temperatures of∼ 150° C is one of the key mineralogical changes thought to …

Off southwest Japan the seaward limit of coseismic displacement (or updip limit of the
seismogenic zone) of the 1946 Mw 8.3 thrust earthquake reaches to 4 km depth and∼ 40 …

The slip behavior of major faults depends largely on the frictional and hydrologic properties
of fault gouge. We report on laboratory experiments designed to measure the strength …

Earthquakes occur by overcoming fault friction; therefore, quantifying fault resistance is
central to earthquake physics. Values for both static and dynamic friction are required, and …

Slow earthquakes represent an important conundrum in earthquake physics. While regular
earthquakes are catastrophic events with rupture velocities governed by elastic wave speed …

A fundamental problem in fault mechanics is whether slip instability associated with
earthquake nucleation depends on absolute fault strength. We present laboratory …