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Microstructural Fault Analysis

Microstructural Fault Analysis is a methodological framework within structural geology that investigates the fine-scale textures, mineralogical transformations, and deformation mechanisms within fault zones to infer kinematic and rheological histories at sub-millimeter resolution.

171

Publications

8.2K

Citations

567

Authors

278

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

39

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Publications

171

Micromechanics of brittle faulting and cataclastic flow in Berea sandstone

Beatriz Menéndez, Wenlu Zhu, Teng-fong Wong · Journal of Structural Geology · 1996 · 467 citations

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Microfracture analysis of fault growth and wear processes, Punchbowl Fault, San Andreas system, California

Jennifer Wilson, J. S. Chester, F. M. Chester · Journal of Structural Geology · 2003 · 223 citations

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Strain path partitioning within thrust sheets: microstructural and petrofabric evidence from the Moine Thrust zone at Loch Eriboll, northwest Scotland

Richard D. Law, R. J. Knipe, Henrique Dayan · Journal of Structural Geology · 1984 · 216 citations

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Frictional Properties and Microstructure of Calcite-Rich Fault Gouges Sheared at Sub-Seismic Sliding Velocities

Berend A. Verberne, Christopher J. Spiers, André Niemeijer et al. · Pure and Applied Geophysics · 2013 · 187 citations

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Fault plane processes and mesoscopic structure of a strong-type seismogenic fault in tonalites (Adamello batholith, Southern Alps)

Giulio Di Toro, Giorgio Pennacchioni · Tectonophysics · 2005 · 184 citations

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Authors

567

  1. CC
    Cristiano Collettini

    Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy

    4 publications · 269 citations

    4

    h-index

  2. GD
    Giulio Di Toro

    University of Padua, Italy

    4 publications · 442 citations

    4

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  3. BL
    Ben Laurich

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    3 publications · 134 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. AB
    Andrea Billi

    Institute of Environmental Geology and Geoengineering, Italy

    3 publications · 260 citations

    3

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  5. JL
    János L. Urai

    RWTH Aachen University, Germany

    3 publications · 134 citations

    3

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Institutions

278

  1. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    965 citations

  2. Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

    Rome, Italy

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    782 citations

  3. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    17 publications

    2.4K citations

  4. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    944 citations

  5. University of Leeds

    Leeds, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    10 publications

    694 citations

  6. University of Otago

    Dunedin, New Zealand

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    416 citations

  7. Université Gustave Eiffel

    Champs-sur-Marne, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    451 citations

  8. Institut des Sciences de la Terre

    Grenoble, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    451 citations

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Venues

  1. Journal of Structural Geology

    34 publications · 2.4K citations

    26

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  2. Tectonophysics

    16 publications · 857 citations

    16

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  3. Pure and Applied Geophysics

    PAGEOPH · 5 publications · 410 citations

    5

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  4. International Journal of Earth Sciences

    GR · 5 publications · 269 citations

    5

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  5. Geological Society London Special Publications

    4 publications · 148 citations

    4

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