Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

View all journals
Search
Log in

nature
search

Search

Advanced search

Filter By:

Journal Check one or more journals to show results from those journals only.

Nature (2)
Nature Geoscience (1)

Choose more journals

Article type Check one or more article types to show results from those article types only.

Research (2)
News & Views (1)

Subject Check one or more subjects to show results from those subjects only.

Solid Earth sciences

Date Choose a date option to show results from those dates only.

Today
Last 7 days
Last 30 days
Last 12 months
Last 2 years
Last 5 years

Custom date range

Clear all filters

Sort by:

Relevance

Date published (new to old)

Date published (old to new)

Showing 1–3 of 3 results

Advanced filters: Author: Ben A. van der Pluijm Clear advanced filters

Natural fault lubricants

Motion along faults can occur in sudden earthquakes or through steady, aseismic creep. Rock samples retrieved by drilling deep into a creeping section of the San Andreas Fault show that clay minerals in fault rock promote creep behaviour.

Ben van der Pluijm
News & Views31 Mar 2011
Nature Geoscience

Volume: 4, P: 217-218
Contradictions of slate formation resolved?

Ben A. van der Pluijm
Nei-Che Ho
Richard J. Merriman
Research26 Mar 1998
Nature

Volume: 392, P: 348
The dating of shallow faults in the Earth's crust

Ben A. van der Pluijm
Chris M. Hall
Michael C. Covey
Research12 Jul 2001
Nature

Volume: 412, P: 172-175