Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- PART I CONTINUUM MECHANICS IN GEOPHYSICS
- 2 Description of Deformation
- 3 The Stress-Field Concept
- 4 Constitutive Relations
- 5 Linearised Elasticity and Viscoelasticity
- 6 Continua under Pressure
- 7 Fluid Flow
- 8 Continuum Equations and Boundary Conditions
- PART II EARTH DEFORMATION
- Appendix: Table of Notation
- Bibliography
- Index
3 - The Stress-Field Concept
from PART I - CONTINUUM MECHANICS IN GEOPHYSICS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 March 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- PART I CONTINUUM MECHANICS IN GEOPHYSICS
- 2 Description of Deformation
- 3 The Stress-Field Concept
- 4 Constitutive Relations
- 5 Linearised Elasticity and Viscoelasticity
- 6 Continua under Pressure
- 7 Fluid Flow
- 8 Continuum Equations and Boundary Conditions
- PART II EARTH DEFORMATION
- Appendix: Table of Notation
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Geophysical ContinuaDeformation in the Earth's Interior, pp. 41 - 53Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008