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Sources of tectonic stress. (Image by MIT OCW.)
Prof. Bradford Hager
12.520
Fall 2006
Graduate
This course deals with mechanics of deformation of the crust and mantle, with emphasis on the importance of different rheological descriptions: brittle, elastic, linear and nonlinear fluids, and viscoelastic.
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