Healy, DavidBlenkinsop, Thomas GTimms, Nicholas E.Meredith, Philip GMitchell, Thomas MCooke, Michele L2015-09-142015-09-142015-11Healy, D, Blenkinsop, T G, Timms, N E, Meredith, P G, Mitchell, T M & Cooke, M L 2015, 'Polymodal faulting : time for a new angle on shear failure', Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 80, pp. 57-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.0130191-8141http://hdl.handle.net/2164/4915Date of acceptance: 30/08/2015 Acknowledgements We thank the Editors of the Journal of Structural Geology for their invitation to write this article, and for their patience while the document was produced. We also thank Ze'ev Reches and Laurel Goodwin for their thoughtful reviews that helped us to refine the key points and forced the lead author to think again about a possible kinematic model for polymodal faulting.153626960engfaultpatternquadrimodalconjugatefailureQE GeologyQEJournal article10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.01380