Fig. 6

Comparison of experimental data and predicted critical slip rate for the thermoelastic instability \({V}_{\mathrm{cr}}^{\mathrm{min}}\). “MG”, “MD”, and “G” indicate metagabbro, monzodiorite, and gabbro, respectively. The stress values represent the normal stress of the experiments. a Date for a large sample (\(W=0.1\mathrm{ m}\)) from Yamashita et al. (2015). b Date for small samples (\(W=1.15\mathrm{ cm}\)) from Yamashita et al. (2015). c Date for even smaller samples (\(W=4.5\mathrm{ mm}\)) from Tsutsumi and Shimamoto (1997a)