1. Home
  2. Material Detail: 12.520 Geodynamics | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Material Detail

12.520 Geodynamics | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

12.520 Geodynamics | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

This course deals with 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.
Keywords:
strain, brittle deformation, Geophysics, stress, rheological descriptions, nonlinear fluids, Geology, viscous deformation, plastic deformation, crust, elastic deformation, viscoelastic deformation, mantle, Geodynamics
Disciplines:
Go to Material 
Bookmark / Add to Course ePortfolio
Create a Learning Exercise
Add Accessibility Information
Rate
Add a Comment

Quality

  • User Rating
  • Comments
  • Learning Exercises
  • Bookmark Collections
  • Course ePortfolios
  • Accessibility Info

More about this material

Material Type:
Online Course
Date Added to MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
Date Modified in MERLOT:
May 12, 2016
Author:
Submitter:
Barbra Bied Sperling
Hispanic Serving Institution
Primary Audience:
Graduate School
Technical Format:
Website
Mobile Compatibility:
Not specified at this time
Language:
English
Cost Involved:
No
Source Code Available:
No
Accessibility Information Available:
Unknown
Creative Commons:
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

Browse...

Disciplines with similar materials as 12.520 Geodynamics | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
People who viewed this also viewed
Other materials like 12.520 Geodynamics | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences

Comments

Log in to participate in the discussions or sign up if you are not already a MERLOT member.