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Crack surrounded by areas of microstructural alteration deemed “White Etching Cracks” (WECs) lead to premature failures within a multitude applications. While the exact cause of these failures remains unknown, a large number of hypotheses exist as to how and why these cracks form. The aim of the current work is to study newly initiated WEC networks using X-ray tomography followed by selective sectioning,...