In natural fault zones, shear strain is mainly accommodated in fault rocks (or fault materials) that make up the fault core (i.e., a central high-strain zone of a brittle fault; Fossen, 2016). The shear strain may be localized in short-term and long-term scales. The long-term localization has been reported from both seismogenic and aseismic fault zones (e.g., Sibson, 2003). Seismic rupture events may repeatedly occur in a slip zone over a long period, expressed by progressive displacement of geomorphic features (e.g., Lensen, 1968). Also, aseismic fault slip may be accommodated in narrow zones of meters to decimeters in thickness (e.g., the Hayward fault; Bilham & Whitehead, 1997). Aseismic shear localization observed from statically weak faults appears to be promoted by the operation of time-dependent, fluid-assisted deformation mechanisms (e.g., dissolution-precipitation creep) in fault rocks (e.g.,

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