Course ID
036062
Course Description
A detailed overview of the physics of earthquakes and faulting, and mechanical models of crustal deformation. This course will provide a review of the most commonly applied models for crustal deformation, developed from first principles. Topics may include the earthquake cycle, simple models for interseismic and cosesmic deformation associated with infinite and finite length faults, the physics of earthquakes and faulting, heterogeneous elastic Earth models, time-dependent deformation associated with viscoelastic and poroelastic rheologies, volcano deformation, and similar topics.
Min Units
3
Max Units
3
Repeatable for Credit
No
Grading Basis
GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E
Career
Graduate
Course Requisites
MATH 129, PHYS 151. Basic familiarity with scientific computation.
May be convened with
Component
Lecture
Optional Component
No