Mechanical Properties of Rocks

Sheared quartzite thin section.

A thin section of sheared quartzite under crossed polarized light. (Image Courtesy of Brian Evans.)

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MIT Course Number

12.524

As Taught In

Fall 2005

Level

Graduate

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Course Description

12.524 is a survey of the mechanical behavior of rocks in natural geologic situations. Topics will include a brief survey of field evidence of rock deformation, physics of plastic deformation in minerals, brittle fracture and sliding, and pressure-solution processes. We will compare results of field petrologic and structural studies to data from experimental structural geology.

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J. Evans. 12.524 Mechanical Properties of Rocks. Fall 2005. Massachusetts Institute of Technology: MIT OpenCourseWare, https://ocw.mit.edu. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA.


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