Courses:

Course Info

• Course Number / Code:
• 12.52 (Fall 2006) 
• Course Title:
• Geodynamics 
• Course Level:
• Graduate 
• Offered by :
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  Massachusetts, United States  
• Department:
• Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences 
• Course Instructor(s):
• Prof. Bradford Hager 
• Course Introduction:
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  12.520 Geodynamics
  
  
  
  

  Fall 2006

  
  
  

  
  
  

  Course Highlights

  
  
  

  This course features lecture notes and homework assignments.

  
  
  

  Course Description

  
  
  

  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.