Bubeck, A.Walker, R. J.Healy, D.Dobbs, M.Holwell, D. A.2017-10-212017-10-212017-01-01Bubeck, A, Walker, R J, Healy, D, Dobbs, M & Holwell, D A 2017, 'Pore geometry as a control on rock strength', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 457, pp. 38-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.0500012-821Xhttp://hdl.handle.net/2164/9485This study was funded via RJW's University of Leicester start-up fund, as part of AAB's PhD project. We thank Don Swanson and Mike Poland at HVO, Hawai'i, for their help and advice during fieldwork planning and sample collection in the Koa'e fault system, and the National Park Service for granting a research permit to collect rock samples. Sergio Vinciguerra is thanked for access to the Rock Mechanics and Physics lab at the British Geological Survey and Audrey Ougier-Simonin is thanked for her help preparing samples and advice during testing. We thank Mike Heap (EOST Strasbourg) and an anonymous reviewer for their detailed and careful comments that greatly improved the manuscript.111823584enganisotropybasaltfracturemicro-CTporosityrock strengthQE GeologyGeophysicsGeochemistry and PetrologyEarth and Planetary Sciences (miscellaneous)Space and Planetary ScienceQEJournal article10.1016/j.epsl.2016.09.050http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84995811056&partnerID=8YFLogxK457