[S-SS12] Fault Rheology and Earthquake Physics

[SSS12-17] Imaging SAFOD Fault Gouge in Action: New insights on microstructural controls of Rate-and-State Friction through 4D Synchrotron Microtomography

*Nick Harpers¹, Eranga Gayanath Jayawickrama¹, Leander Fox¹, Arthur Ng¹, David Storz¹, Berit Schwichtenberg², Roberto Emanuele Rizzo³, Benoit Cordonnier⁴, Florian Fusseis¹ (1. Department of Geoscience and Geography, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, 2. Institute of Geosciences, The University of Bern, Switzerland, 3. Department of Earth Sciences, Utrecht University, the Netherlands, 4. Structure of Material Group, Experimental Division, European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Grenoble, France)

Keywords:Rate and State Friction, Synchrotron, SAFOD, Direct shear experiments, Micro CT, Operando imaging