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Geodynamics

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Instructor: Prof. Bradford Hager
Term: Fall 2006
Level: Graduate
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Geodynamics

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Lecture 1: Course Overview

Lecture 2: Stress

Lecture 3: Different Representations of Stress

Lecture 4: Tectonic Stress

Lecture 5: Changing Coordinate Systems and Mohr’s Circle

Lecture 6: Stress Variations in the Crust

Lecture 7: Strain

Lecture 8: Measuring Strain

Lecture 9: Mohr’s Circle for Strain

Lecture 10: Finite Strain - Motivation

Lecture 11: Introduction to Constitutive Equations and Elasticity

Lecture 12: Elasticity

Lecture 13: More Special Cases of Elasticity

Lecture 14: Simple Example: Uniaxial Strain

Lecture 15: Special Cases

Lecture 16: Dislocation in Elastic Halfspace Model of the Earthquake Cycle

Lecture 17: Stress and Strain from a Screw Dislocation

Lecture 18: Plates

Lecture 19: Plates (cont.)

Lecture 20: Plates (cont.)

Lecture 21: Fluids

Lecture 22: Fluids (cont.)

Lecture 23: Navier Stokes Equation

Lecture 24: The Rayleigh - Taylor Instability

Lecture 25: The Stream Function and Postglacial Rebound

Lecture 26: Corner Flow

Lecture 27: Flow in Porous Media

Lecture 28: Time Dependent Porous Flow