Preface
Introduction
FAGERENG,Å.& TOY, V. G. Geology of the earthquake source: an introduction Observations in active fault zones
BOULLIER, A.-M. Fault-zone geology: lessons from drilling through the Nojima and Chelungpu faults
ELLSWORTH,W.L.& MALIN, P. E. Deep rock damage in the San Andreas Fault revealed by P-and S-type fault-zone-guided waves
Fault rocks and fault-slip styles
FAGERENG,Å. Geology of the seismogenic subduction thrust interface
ROWE, C. D., MENEGHINI,F.& MOORE, J. C. Textural record of the seismic cycle: strain-rate variation in an ancient subduction thrust
SMITH, S. A. F., HOLDSWORTH, R. E., COLLETTINI,C.& PEARCE, M. A. The microstructural character and mechanical significance of fault rocks associated with a continental low-angle normal fault: the Zuccale Fault, Elba Island, Italy
The base of the seismogenic zone
TOY, V. G., RITCHIE,S.& SIBSON, R. H. Diverse habitats of pseudotachylytes in the Alpine Fault Zone and relationships to current seismicity
ALLEN,J.L.& SHAW, C. A. Seismogenic structure of a crystalline thrust fault: fabric anisotropy and coeval pseudotachylyte–mylonitic pseudotachylyte in the Grizzly Creek Shear Zone, Colorado
ALTENBERGER, U., PROSSER, G., RUGGIERO,M.& GÜNTER, C. Microstructure and petrology of a Calabrian garnet-bearing pseudotachylyte – a link to lower-crustal seismicity
MOECHER,D.P.& STELTENPOHL, M. G. Petrological evidence for co-seismic slip in extending middle– lower continental crust: Heier’s zone of pseudotachylyte, north Norway
NÜCHTER, J.-A. & ELLIS, S. Mid-crustal controls on episodic stress-field rotation around major reverse, normal and strike-slip faults
Effects of fluids on faulting
BARKER,S.L.L.& COX, S. F. Evolution of fluid chemistry and fluid-flow pathways during folding and faulting: an example from Taemas, NSW, Australia
UJIIE, K., TSUTSUMI,A.& KAMEDA, J. Reproduction of thermal pressurization and fluidization of clay-rich fault gouges by high-velocity friction experiments and implications for seismic slip in natural faults
Fault reactivation v. initiation
NORTJE, G. S., OLIVER, N. H. S., BLENKINSOP, T. G., KEYS, D. L., MCLELLAN,J.G.& OXENBURGH,S. New faults v. fault reactivation: implications for fault cohesion, fluid flow and copper mineralization, Mount Gordon Fault Zone, Mount Isa District, Australia
SCHOLZ, C. H. First-order splay faults: dip-slip examples
Future directions
SIBSON, R. H. The scope of earthquake geology
Index