Geodynamics

Lecture Notes

LEC #	TOPICS
1	Course Overview (PDF)
2	Stress (PDF)
3	Different Representations of Stress (PDF)
4	Tectonic Stress (PDF)
5	Changing Coordinate Systems and Mohr’s Circle (PDF)
6	Stress Variations in the Crust (PDF)
7	Strain (PDF)
8	Measuring Strain (PDF)
9	Mohr’s Circle for Strain (PDF)
10	Finite Strain - Motivation (PDF)
11	Introduction to Constitutive Equations and Elasticity (PDF)
12	Elasticity (PDF)
13	More Special Cases of Elasticity (PDF)
14	Simple Example: Uniaxial Strain (PDF)
15	Special Cases (PDF)
16	Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle (PDF)
17	Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation (PDF)
18	Plates (PDF)
19	Plates (cont.) (PDF)
20	Plates (cont.) (PDF)
21	Fluids (PDF)
22	Fluids (cont.) (PDF)
23	Navier Stokes Equation (PDF)
24	The Rayleigh - Taylor Instability (PDF) Additional File: RTmovie.avi (AVI - 6.8 MB)
25	The Stream Function and Postglacial Rebound (PDF)
26	Corner Flow (PDF)
27	Flow in Porous Media (PDF)
28	Time Dependent Porous Flow (PDF)