Scuderi, M.M.; Giorgetti, C.; Wibberley, C.; Collettini, C. (2025) Rock fabric and hydromechanical evolution from Quartz to clay rich faults and implications for slip stability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 663. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119422

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Title	Rock fabric and hydromechanical evolution from Quartz to clay rich faults and implications for slip stability
Journal	Earth and Planetary Science Letters
Authors	Scuderi, M.M.		Author
	Giorgetti, C.		Author
	Wibberley, C.		Author
	Collettini, C.		Author
Year	2025 (August)	Volume	663
Publisher	Elsevier BV
DOI	doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119422Search in ResearchGate
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Plain Text	Scuderi, M.M.; Giorgetti, C.; Wibberley, C.; Collettini, C. (2025) Rock fabric and hydromechanical evolution from Quartz to clay rich faults and implications for slip stability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 663. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119422
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Scuderi, M.M.; Giorgetti, C.; Wibberley, C.; Collettini, C. (2025) Rock fabric and hydromechanical evolution from Quartz to clay rich faults and implications for slip stability. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 663. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2025.119422

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