This is the ReadMe file corresponding to the study entitled: "Dynamic weakening during earthquakes controlled by fluid thermodynamics"

By M. Acosta, F. X. Passelègue, A. Schubnel & M. Violay.

This study has been published under Creative Commons License CCBY 4.0 in the Journal Nature Communications on August 2018. 
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-05603-9

This Read-Me file has been last edited on 2018-08-11

This readme file describes the data repository and supplementary files accompanying the above publication.  
For any further queries please contact mateo.acosta@epfl.ch

The following files are included:

--- Regarding Figure 1.

1)  "Acosta_et_al_2018_Figure1Data.xlsx" 
This is the processed data from the experiments described in Figure1 of the article.
In this .xlsx File, each sheet corresponds to one figure panel as follows: 

-Fig.1a: Low sampling frequency data, fs= 100 Hz.
Column A: Dry experiment time in (s) in (s); Column B: Dry experiment corrected displacement in (mm); Column C: Dry experiment near fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column D: Pf=1 MPa experiment time in (s); Column E: Pf=1 MPa experiment corrected displacement in (mm); Column F: Pf=1 MPa experiment near fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column G: Pf=25 MPa experiment time in (s); Column H: Pf=25 MPa experiment corrected displacement in (mm); Column I: Pf=25 MPa experiment near fault shear stress in (MPa);

-Fig.1b:	High sampling frequency data, fs= 10 MHz.
Column A: Dry experiment Event 1 time in (s); Column B: Dry experiment Event 1 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column C: Dry experiment Event 2 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column D: Dry experiment Event 3 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column E: Dry experiment Event 4 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column F: Dry experiment Event 5 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column G: Dry experiment Event 6 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column H: Dry experiment Event 7 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column I: Dry experiment Event 8 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column J: Dry experiment Event 9 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column K: Dry experiment Event 10 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);

-Fig.1c:	High sampling frequency data, fs= 10 MHz.
Column A: Pf=1 MPa experiment Event 1 time in (s); Column B: Pf=1 MPa experiment Event 1 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column C: Pf=1 MPa experiment Event 2 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column D: Pf=1 MPa experiment Event 3 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column E: Pf=1 MPa experiment Event 4 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);

-Fig.1d:	High sampling frequency data, fs= 10 MHz.
Column A: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 1 time in (s); Column B: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 1 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column C: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 2 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column D: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 3 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column E: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 4 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column F: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 5 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column G: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 6 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column H: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 7 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);
Column I: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 8 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa); Column J: Pf=25 MPa experiment Event 9 Near Fault shear stress in (MPa);


--- Regarding Figure 2.
All the information on Figure2 is available on the supplementary material of the article. 


2)  "Acosta_et_al_2018_Figure3Data.zip"

This .zip folder contains the original microstructural images presented in the article's Figure 3 in .TIFF format.

--- Regarding Figure 4. 
All the information needed to recreate figure 4 is available in the article, its methods and the supplementary tables.

--- Regarding Figure 5. 
3)  "Acosta_et_al_2018_Figure5Data.xlsx" 
This is the Data resulting from the models presented in Figure5 of the article.
In this Excel File, each sheet corresponds to one figure panel as follows: 

-Fig.5a: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) model: drained case
Column A: Slip vector; Column B: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at  initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column C: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column D: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column E: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at initial Pf= 70 MPa;

-Fig.5b: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) model: Undrained case
Column A: Slip vector; Column B: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at  initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column C: Friction evolution at  initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column D: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column E: Friction evolution at  initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column F: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column G: Friction evolution at  initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column H: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at initial Pf= 70 MPa; Column I: Friction evolution at  initial Pf= 70 MPa;

-Fig.5b: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) model: Undrained case - Pressure Evolution
Column A: Slip vector; Column B: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column C: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column D: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column E: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 70 MPa;

--- Regarding Figure 6. 
4)  "Acosta_et_al_2018_Figure6Data.xlsx" 
This is the Data resulting from the models presented in Figure6 of the article.
In this Excel File, each sheet corresponds to one figure panel as follows: 

-Fig.6a: Depth Extrapolation model: drained case
Column A: Slip vector; Column B: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 2.5 km and initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column C: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 2.5 km and initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column D: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 4.5 km initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column E: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 7 km initial Pf= 70 MPa;

-Fig.6b: Depth Extrapolation model: Undrained case
Column A: Slip vector; Column B: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 2.5 km and initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column C: Friction evolution at depth = 2.5 km and initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column D: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 2.5 km and initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column E: Friction evolution at depth = 2.5 km and initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column F: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 4.5 km initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column G: Friction evolution at depth = 4.5 km initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column H: Bulk temperature in (degree celcius) at depth = 7 km initial Pf= 70 MPa; Column I: Friction evolution at depth = 7 km initial Pf= 70 MPa;

-Fig.6b: Depth Extrapolation model: Undrained case - Pressure Evolution
Column A: Slip vector; Column B: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 1 MPa; Column C: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 25 MPa; Column D: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 45 MPa; Column E: Pressure evolution at initial Pf= 70 MPa