10.5880/fidgeo.2024.015 Gabriel, Alana Alana Gabriel 0009-0006-4838-2679 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Elston, Hanna Hanna Elston 0000-0002-2420-5241 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Cooke, Michele Michele Cooke 0000-0002-4407-9676 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Ramos Sanchez, Christ Christ Ramos Sanchez 0000-0002-0900-4230 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US GFZ Data Services 2025 strike-slip deformation releasing bend off-fault defroamtion EPOS multi-scale laboratories analogue models of geologic processes analogue modelling results Clay Cohesion depression Digital Image Correlation (DIC) / Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > CRUSTAL MOTION EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > FAULT MOVEMENT EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRAIN graben Matlab (Mathworks) normal fault Shear box SLR camera Structure from Motion (SfM) tectonic process > transform faulting tectonic setting > plate margin setting > transform plate boundary setting wrench fault Yield stress Gabriel, Alana Alana Gabriel 0009-0006-4838-2679 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Elston, Hanna Hanna Elston 0000-0002-2420-5241 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Cooke, Michele Michele Cooke 0000-0002-4407-9676 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Cooke, Michele Michele Cooke 0000-0002-4407-9676 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Ramos Sanchez, Christ Christ Ramos Sanchez 0000-0002-0900-4230 University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US University of Massachusetts Amherst Geomechanics University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US Cooke, Michele University of Massachusetts, Amherst, US 2022-04-08 Dataset 10.55575/tektonika2025.3.1.81 10.5334/jors.bl CC BY 4.0 The data set includes the Digital Image Correlation (DIC) results for four experiments of releasing bends along dextral strike-slip faults that were performed at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (USA). Gabriel et al. (2025) used the DIC data sets to investigate how releasing bend fault systems evolve within different strength wet kaolin. Information on the experimental set up and methods can be found in the main text and supplement to Gabriel et al. (2025). The data here include the incremental displacement time series, strain animation and surface elevation data at the end of the two experiments with different clay strength, which are presented within Gabriel et al. (2025). We also include in this data repository incremental displacement time series and strain animations from two experiments that repeat the conditions of the experiments featured in Gabriel et al. (2025).