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Using 9-sets of different laboratory earthquake tests, we examined the natureof cracking under true triaxial stress conditions in the lithosphere . We foundthat 3D stress state can induce oblique nucleation of many fractures, formingfinal plane of complex polymodal faults. Our fully 3D experiments indicateunconventional fault nucleation with 2-3 times faster slip phase, implying anew slip-weakening mechanism for earthquakes in upper crust. In addition, Wecompared our observations of irregular cracks with typical anti-cracks signalsin multi-anvil High Pressure and Temperature test. For the first time, weshowed oblique faulting can change slip-weakening rate and accelerate the rateof energy release. This implicates a sharper source time function for furthermodeling of our experiments. Indeed, our results can be assumed as an extension to detachment fronts in micro-faults to a general concept of quasi-antirupture fronts. We showed events from deep-focus earthquakes can share somesimilarity to shallow earthquakes, promoting recent approach on similarity ofdeep earthquakes to their shallow counterparts .

Faulting of rocks at three-dimensional stress field by micro-anticracks