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Lecture Notes

CHAPTER # TOPICS LECTURE NOTES
1 Continuum Mechanics and Rheology

Stress and Strain

Strain: Part One

Progressive Deformation

Rheology Part One: Ideal Material Behaviors

Rheology Part Two: Experimental Rock Deformation, Stress-Strain Curves
(PDF - 1.3 MB)
2 Faults

Brittle Material Behavior

Faults - General

Normal Faults and Extensional Tectonics

Thrust Tectonics

Strike-slip Faults
(PDF 1 - 5.2 MB)

(PDF 2 - 7.0 MB)

(PDF 3)

(PDF 4)
3 Ductile Deformation, Folds, and Fabrics

Folds

Fabrics and Deformation Mechanisms
(PDF)