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Mechanical Properties of Rocks, Fall 2005
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- Abstract:
A survey of the mechanical behavior of rocks in natural geologic situations. Topics: brief survey of field evidence of rock deformation, physics of plastic deformation in minerals, brittle fracture and sliding, and pressure-solution processes. Results of field petrologic and structural studies compared to data from experimental structural geology.
- Subject:
- Science and Technology
- Grade Level:
- Post-secondary
- Collection:
- MIT OpenCourseWare