Normal faults border many a continental shelf, but have only been considered to play subordinate role basin-controlling in previous studies. Their detailed geometries and kinematic histories are still poorly known. In this study, high-quality three dimensional (3D) seismic data used investigate distinct families of normal bordering the shelf Qiongdongnan Basin, northwest South China Sea. Sixty-...

We investigate the physical mechanisms governing activation of faults during hydraulic fracturing. Recent studies have debated varying importance different fault reactivation in settings. Pore pressure increase caused by injection is generally considered to be primary driver induced seismicity. However, very tight reservoir rocks, unless a fracture network exists act as conduit, rate diffusion ...

This paper proposes a mechanism called the mode-switching model that is presented as an alternative to fault-valve model. relevant open-flow, low-porosity, fluid-saturated systems deforming by pressure solution creep. As opposed most constitutive models discussed in geological literature, yield envelope capped at high normal stresses, demonstrated experimental studies. A low-permeability rock h...

Unraveling complex slip histories in fault damage zones to understand relations among deformation, hydrothermal alteration, and surface uplift remains a challenge. The dextral eastern Denali zone (EDFZ; southwest Yukon, Canada) bounds the Kluane Ranges hosts variety of fault-related rocks, including hematite surfaces, which have been exhumed through brittle regime over protracted period geologi...

Remembering a past event involves reactivation of distributed patterns of neural activity that represent the features of that event-a process that depends on associative mechanisms supported by medial temporal lobe structures. Although efficient use of memory requires prioritizing those features of a memory that are relevant to current behavioral goals (target features) over features that may b...

Brittle deformation can saturate the Earth's crust with faults and fractures in an apparently chaotic fashion. The details of brittle deformational histories and implications on, for example, seismotectonics and landscape, can thus be difficult to untangle. Fortunately, brittle faults archive subtle details of the stress and physical/chemical conditions at the time of initial strain localizatio...

Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection remains an endemic disease in most parts of the world despite available prophylactic vaccines. Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is the most common hematological malignancy, and certain patients undergoing therapy are at increased risk of HBV reactivation. Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody, is well studied in HBV reactivation, but newer agents have been implicated as well....