This French_2020GL089209_readme.txt file was generated on 2020-07-29 by Melodie French

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GENERAL INFORMATION



1. Title of Dataset: Data for the article: Pore fluid pressures and strength contrasts maintain frontal fault activity, northern Hikurangi



2. Author Information

	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information

		Name: Melodie French

		Institution: Rice University

		Address: 6100 Main Street, MS-126, Houston, TX, 77018

		Email: mefrench@rice.edu





3. Date of data collection (single date, range, approximate date) <suggested format YYYY-MM-DD>: 2019-06-01 to 2020-01-30



4. Geographic location of data collection: Rice University, Houston, TX



5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: This work was funded by NSF EAR 1759127 to Melodie French and USSSP-IODP Subaward 66B(GG009393) 309 of NSF Award OCE1450528 to Julia Morgan.





SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION



1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Creative Commons 0



2. Links to publications that cite or use the data: This data is presented in a manuscript submitted for publication Geophysical Research Letters (article 2020GL089209).



3. Links to other publicly accessible locations of the data: n/a



4. Links/relationships to ancillary data sets: n/a



5. Was data derived from another source? no



6. Recommended citation for this dataset: 

	Please cite the published article and the DOI of the corresponding dataset.



DATA & FILE OVERVIEW



1. File List: 

<list all files (or folders, as appropriate for dataset organization) contained in the dataset, with a brief description>
G0112_archived.csv: data collected for experiment G0112 described in the manuscript
G0120_archived.csv data collected for experiment G0120
G0128_archived.csv data collected for experiment G0128
G0140_archived.csv data collected for experiment G0140
G0147_archived.csv data collected for experiment G0147



2. Relationship between files, if important: Data from each reported experiment is contained in a separate file



3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: n/a



4. Are there multiple versions of the dataset? no 





METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION



1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 

Data were collected during triaxial rock deformation experiments, as described in the manuscript and accompanying Supplemental Information.


2. Methods for processing the data: 

The raw voltages from the force, pressure, and displacement sensors were converted to SI units using laboratory calibrations. 


3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: n/a



4. Standards and calibration information, if appropriate: n/a



5. Environmental/experimental conditions: Room temperature, pressures to 32 MPa



6. Describe any quality-assurance procedures performed on the data: n/a



7. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: Melodie French and Julia Morgan





DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: G0112_archived.csv



1. Number of variables: 11



2. Number of cases/rows: 208807



3. Variable List: 

<list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s)and value labels as appropriate for each>
Hydrostatic Step Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Step Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Step Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Step Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Step Volumetric Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Time, s

Hydrostatic Ramp Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Volumetric Strain, unitless


4. Missing data codes: n/a



5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: s is seconds, MPa is megapascals


DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: G0120_archived.csv



1. Number of variables: 18



2. Number of cases/rows: 180959



3. Variable List: 

<list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s)and value labels as appropriate for each>
Hydrostatic Step Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Step Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Step Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Step Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Step Volumetric Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Time, s

Hydrostatic Ramp Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Volumetric Strain, unitless
Triaxial Time, s

Triaxial Confining Pressure, MPa
Triaxial Pore Pressure, MPa
Triaxial Differential Stress, MPa
Triaxial Axial Strain, unitless
triaxial Radial Strain, unitless
Triaxial Volumetric Strain, unitless


4. Missing data codes: n/a



5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: s is seconds, MPa is megapascals

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: G0128_archived.csv



1. Number of variables: 11



2. Number of cases/rows: 219150



3. Variable List: 

<list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s)and value labels as appropriate for each>
Hydrostatic Step Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Step Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Step Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Step Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Step Volumetric Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Time, s

Hydrostatic Ramp Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Volumetric Strain, unitless


4. Missing data codes: n/a



5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: s is seconds, MPa is megapascals

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: G0140_archived.csv



1. Number of variables: 13



2. Number of cases/rows: 55506



3. Variable List: 

<list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s)and value labels as appropriate for each>
Hydrostatic Ramp Time, s

Hydrostatic Ramp Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Volumetric Strain, unitless
Triaxial Time, s

Triaxial Confining Pressure, MPa
Triaxial Pore Pressure, MPa
Triaxial Differential Stress, MPa
Triaxial Axial Strain, unitless
triaxial Radial Strain, unitless
Triaxial Volumetric Strain, unitless


4. Missing data codes: n/a



5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: s is seconds, MPa is megapascals

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: G0147_archived.csv



1. Number of variables: 13



2. Number of cases/rows: 82224



3. Variable List: 

<list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s)and value labels as appropriate for each>
Hydrostatic Ramp Time, s

Hydrostatic Ramp Confining Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Pore Pressure, MPa
Hydrostatic Ramp Axial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Radial Strain, unitless
Hydrostatic Ramp Volumetric Strain, unitless
Triaxial Time, s

Triaxial Confining Pressure, MPa
Triaxial Pore Pressure, MPa
Triaxial Differential Stress, MPa
Triaxial Axial Strain, unitless
triaxial Radial Strain, unitless
Triaxial Volumetric Strain, unitless


4. Missing data codes: n/a



5. Specialized formats or other abbreviations used: s is seconds, MPa is megapascals