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Shallow creep and confined ruptures in frictionally unstable mica schist

Crustal faults across geological settings are often enriched in phyllosilicates because of the hydrothermal alteration of wall rocks. The frictional behavior of these altered rocks at mid-crustal conditions remains poorly understood. Here, we show that mica-schist gouge under crustal hydrothermal conditions can host mi...