Earthquake lubrication and healing caused by amorphous silica powder - experimental wear products compared to natural fault rocks

Christie D Rowe1, Kelsey Gail Lamothe1, Marieke Rempe2, Mark Andrews1, Thomas M Mitchell3, Giulio Di Toro4, Joseph Clancy White5, Stefano Aretusini6, Nicolas Harrichhausen7 and Carla Gonzalez8, (1)McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)University of Liverpool, Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences, Liverpool, United Kingdom, (3)University College London, Department of Earth Sciences, London, United Kingdom, (4)University of Padova, Department of Geoscience, Padova, Italy, (5)Univ New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada, (6)University of Padova, Padova, Italy, (7)University of California Santa Barbara, Earth Science, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, (8)McGill University, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Montreal, QC, Canada