Calendar

Lec #	TOPICS	KEY DATES
1	Course Overview
2	Tractions
3	Stress Tensor
4	Stress Tensor (cont.)
5	Stress Tensor in Different Coordinate Systems
6	Pore Fluid Pressure
7	Newton’s Second Law	Problem set 1 due
8	Stress in the Earth
9	Stress Rotation
10	Sandbox Tectonics
11	Sandbox Tectonics - Simple Theory	Problem set 2 due
12	Displacement Gradients
13	Measurement of Displacement Gradient Tensor
14	Finite Strain
15	Elasticity	Problem set 3 due
16	Simple Example: Uniaxial Strain
17	Special Cases
18	Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle
19	Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation	Problem set 4 due
20	Plates
21	Plates (cont.)
22	Plates (cont.)	Problem set 5 due
23	Plates Summary and Fluids
24	Fluids (cont.)
25	Navier Stokes Equation	Problem set 6 due
26	Growth and Decay of Boundary Undulations
27	Flow in Porous Media
28	Time Dependent Porous Flow	Problem set 7 due

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