Calendar

LEC # TOPICS KEY DATES
1 Course Overview  
2 Surface Tractions  
3 Surface Tractions (cont.)  
4 Tectonic Stress  
5 Quantity Expression  
6 Stress Variations in the Crust  
7 Sandbox Tectonics Problem set 1 due 
8 Displacement Gradients: Strains and Rotations  
9 Measurement of Displacement Gradient Tensor  
10 Finite Strain - Motivation  
11 Elasticity Problem set 2 due 
12 Special Cases  
13 Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle  
14 Plates  
15 Plates (cont.) Problem set 3 due 
16 Effect of Topography on Stress  
17 Accretionary Wedge - Elastic Model  
18 Rock Rheology  
19 Newtonian Fluids Problem set 4 due 
20 The Stream Function  
21 The Rayleigh-Taylor Instability and Diapirism  
22 Diapirs and Plumes Problem set 5 due 
23 Corner Flow  
24 Power Law Creep  
25 Viscoelasticity Problem set 6 due 
26 The "Elsasser" Model  
27 Flow in Porous Media  
28 Time Dependent Porous Flow Problem set 7 due