Earth Sciences

EART 274 Crustal Deformation

Advanced study of the deformation processes in the Earth's crust and upper mantle. Covers fundamental theories of stress and strain, brittle fracture, friction, ductile deformation and flow laws, earthquake processes, faults and shear zones, scaling lab-derived measurements to tectonic plate scale.

Requirements

Enrollment is restricted to graduate students.

Credits

5

Quarter offered

Spring

Instructor

Heather Savage