GLG310 Structural Geology
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology
d is differential stress -Engelder, 1993, Stress regimes in the lithosphere, Princeton Univ. Press
21 December 2015GLG510 Advanced Structural Geology Rheology: “science of deformation and flow of matter” or relationship between stress and strain
Idealized Elastic Material Linear relationship between force and extension (Hooke, 1676): Ut tensio sic uis As extension so the force Analogous to spring constant /rheology/hooke.htm
GLG310 Structural Geology
21 December 2015GLG510 Advanced Structural Geology E (young’s modulus) = d a /d e a Units of stress -Pollard and Fletcher, 2005
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology
21 December 2015GLG510 Advanced Structural Geology a = f/A e a = (b-B)/B p = 0 e p = (w-W)/W = - e p / e a (Poisson ratio) Measures compressibility Axial versus transverse deformation
Idealized Elastic Material
21 December 2015GLG510 Advanced Structural Geology Stiffness and strength “Lest there be any possible, probably, shadow of doubt, strength is not, repeat not, the same thing as stiffness. Stiffness, or Young’s modulus or E, is concerned with how stiff, flexible, springy or floppy a material is. Strength is the force or stress needed to break a thing. A biscuit is stiff but weak, steel is stiff and strong, nylon is flexible (low E and strong), raspberry jelly is flexible (low E) and weak. The two properties together describe a solid about as well as you can reasonably expect two figures to do.” (Gordon, New science of strong materials, 2006)
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Plasticity Steady deformation at yield strength
Plasticity Steady deformation at yield strength
21 December 2015GLG510 Advanced Structural Geology Viscosity Strain rate proportional to differential stress
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology Variations in mechanical behavior
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology Rock deformation experiments
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology
Rocks can flow: salt ascends through overlying sediments because it is bouyant
21 December 2015GLG310 Structural Geology