Fig. 10From: Reconsideration of the energy balance in earthquake faultingA snapshot of stress and slip distributions along a propagating shear crack with a finite process zone \(\delta c\). In the process zone, the shear stress \(\tau\) degrees from a peak value \(\tau_{{\text{p}}}\) to a residual value \(\tau_{{\text{r}}}\) with the increase of fault slip \(D\)Back to article page