GEOL680

Prerequisite: Permission of CMNS-Geology department; or (MATH241, MATH462, and GEOL446). Recommended: Familiarity with MATLAB or MATHEMATICA. Credit only granted for: GEOL680 or GEOL789J. Formerly: GEOL789J. The mechanics and dynamics of the Earth's interior and their applications to problems of Geophysics. This course considers several rheological descriptions of Earth materials (brittle, elastic, linear and nonlinear fluids, and viscoelastic) and emphasizes analytical solutions to simplified problem.