Microstructural evidence for seismic and aseismic slip along clay-bearing, carbonate faults
In this multimethodological study, microstructural observations of fault rocks are combined with
micromechanical property analyses (contact resonance atomic force microscopy (CR-AFM)) and with rotary
friction experiments (Slow- to High-Velocity rotary-shear friction Apparatus apparatus) to find evidence of
seismic to aseismic slip and understand the nanoscale rheology of clay-bearing, carbonate-hosted faults.
Fluidized structures, truncated clasts, pores and vesicles, and phyllosilicate nanosized spherules and tubes