Relative tangential motion along a contact or fault resisted by friction.
The shear traction required for frictional failure or sliding under specified effective normal load and material conditions.
An empirical relationship summarizing the high friction measured for many rock surfaces as a function of effective normal load. Weak fault gouge or high pore pressure can produce different effective fault strengths. Named for James Byerlee.

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