Evolution of Fault Populations

Faulting under moderate to high tectonic loading
Using our multiscale cellular automaton model, we underline different phases of

are more obvious during the

formation and evolution of a population of faults under a high tectonic loading.

Faulting under rotating conditions
o a. Temporal variations
Here, we present the formation and the evolution of fault populations according to a permanent rotation of
the orientation of the tectonic loading. This external loading is uniform across the entire domain. As shown in

formation and the evolution of a population of faults under rotating condition,
the reorganization of fault networks involves

o b. Spatial variations
Here, the tectonic loading does not evolve temporally but spatially following the North-South direction. As shown in

Interaction between different faulting mechanisms
Here, we study the interrelated evolution of conjugate strike-slip fault.

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