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Fault Rocks

Fault Rocks is a geological construct referring to rocks that are formed or modified by deformation, cataclasis, and/or metamorphism along brittle to ductile shear zones and fault zones, distinguished by their diagnostic textural and mineralogical characteristics resulting from fault-related processes.

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Fault rocks and fault mechanisms

Richard H. Sibson · Journal of the Geological Society · 1977 · 2.1K citations

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ROLE OF FLUID PRESSURE IN MECHANICS OF OVERTHRUST FAULTING

M. King Hubbert, W. W. Rubey · Geological Society of America Bulletin · 1959 · 2.1K citations

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The eastern Tonale fault zone: a ‘natural laboratory’ for crystal plastic deformation of quartz over a temperature range from 250 to 700°C

Michael Stipp, Holger Stünitz, Renée Heilbronner et al. · Journal of Structural Geology · 2002 · 1.5K citations

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The dynamics of faulting

E. M. Anderson · Transactions of the Edinburgh Geological Society · 1905 · 1.3K citations · Full text

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High-angle reverse faults, fluid-pressure cycling, and mesothermal gold-quartz deposits

Richard H. Sibson, F. Robert, K H Poulsen · Geology · 1988 · 1.2K citations

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    R. E. Holdsworth

    Durham University, United Kingdom

    22 publications · 1.7K citations

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    Cristiano Collettini

    Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

    21 publications · 1.3K citations

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    Giulio Di Toro

    University of Padua, Italy

    18 publications · 1.2K citations

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    Atilla Aydin

    Stanford University, United States

    18 publications · 2.8K citations

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    Christopher J. Spiers

    Utrecht University, Netherlands

    18 publications · 2K citations

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  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

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  2. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    39 h-index

    170 publications

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  3. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    38 h-index

    86 publications

    10.9K citations

  4. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    29 h-index

    99 publications

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  5. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    28 h-index

    90 publications

    4.6K citations

  6. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    27 h-index

    77 publications

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  7. Durham University

    Durham, United Kingdom

    27 h-index

    78 publications

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  8. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

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    85 publications

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  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    163 publications · 14.3K citations

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  2. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 107 publications · 10.8K citations

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  3. AAPG Bulletin

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  4. Geological Society London Special Publications

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  5. Tectonics

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