12.520 | Fall 2006 | Graduate
Geodynamics
Course Description
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.
Learning Resource Types
notes Lecture Notes
Diagram of tectonic plates showing possible sources of stress.
Sources of tectonic stress. (Image by MIT OCW.)