“…Tectonic deformation in the brittle upper crust is mainly accommodated by faulting (e.g., S. Cox & Scholz, 1988). Faults are ubiquitous in both intraplate settings and at plate boundaries (e.g, Ojo et al, 2022; R. T. Cox et al, 2001;Rui & Stamps, 2019;Bürgmann & Pollard, 1994). As faults continue to slip, they increase their length via crack tip propagation, linkage, and coalescence (e.g., Mansfield & Cartwright, 2001;S.…”