12.520 Geodynamics, Fall 2002

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Author(s)
Hager, Bradford H.
Alternative Title
Geodynamics
Date Issued
December 2002
Abstract
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.
Subjects
Geodynamics
mechanics of deformation
crust
mantle
rheological descriptions
nonlinear fluids
surface tractions
tectonic stress
quantity expression
stress variations
sandbox tectonics
displacement gradients
strains
rotations
finite strain
motivation
dislocation
plates
topography
rock rheology
accretionary wedge
linear fluids
elastic models
newtonian fluids
stream function
Rayleigh-Taylor instability
diapirism
diapirs
plumes
corner flow
power law creep
viscoelasticity
porous media
Elsasser model
time dependent porous flow
Geodynamics
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
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