Fault Zone Dynamic Processes

Marion Y. Thomas, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, FranceThomas M. Mitchell, University College London, UKHarsha S. Bhat, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, France

• Contributors viiPreface xiPart I: Structural Evidences of Coseismic Slip 11 Incipient Pulverization at Shallow Burial Depths Along the San Jacinto Fault, Southern CaliforniaJames J. Whearty, Thomas K. Rockwell, and Gary H. Girty 32 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 213 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 374 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 475 “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 81Part II: Fault Properties During Dynamic Rupture 1036 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 1057 Powder Rolling as a Mechanism of Dynamic Fault WeakeningXiaofeng Chen, Andrew S. Elwood Madden, and Ze’ev Reches 1338 Earthquake Source Properties From Instrumented Laboratory Stick]SlipBrian D. Kilgore, Art McGarr, Nicholas M. Beeler, and David A. Lockner 1519 Dynamic Weakening and the Depth Dependence of Earthquake FaultingNicolas Brantut and John D. Platt 171Part III: Influence of Fault Properties on Coseismic Rupture 19510 Scaling of Fault Roughness and Implications for Earthquake MechanicsFrançois Renard and Thibault Candela 19711 Fault Branching and Long]Term Earthquake Rupture Scenario for Strike]Slip EarthquakesYann Klinger, Jin-Hyuck Choi, and Amaury Vallage 21712 Influence of Fault Strength on Precursory Processes During Laboratory EarthquakesFrançois. X. Passelègue, Soumaya Latour, Alexandre Schubnel, Stefan Nielsen, Harsha S. Bhat, and Raúl Madariaga 22913 Upper Limit on Damage Zone Thickness Controlled by Seismogenic DepthJean Paul Ampuero and Xiaolin Mao  24314 Effect of Brittle Off]Fault Damage on Earthquake Rupture DynamicsMarion Y. Thomas, Harsha S. Bhat, and Yann Klinger 255Index 281