Geomechanics- how rocks of all kinds deform under stress and fluid-charged conditions- is of critical important to any country\u2019s national security. It gives the capability to understand and predict structures from the nanoscale through continent-wide tectonics, whether past, current, or future. It connects geology to engineering, thereby enabling engineers to better design any project that deals with rocks, such as secure reserves of energy needed to run their economies.<\/p>\n
The key to understanding geologic processes is to reason physically. Rocks that commodities fluids underground, or that moved in great sheets over thousands of km obey the same rules that are used to design your car, fly you to a destination, or power this building. A quote that is apropos <\/em>is that \u201cmechanics is to geology as chemistry is to petrology.\u201d Even the most basic physical concepts can go a long way toward understanding how various geologic phenomena work, giving us the basis for interpreting past geologic structures as well as being able to predict future changes due to natural or human-induced activities.<\/p>\n This course provides an introduction to the field of geologic fracture mechanics, bridging the gap between general textbooks and research articles. It treats the common geologic structures\u2014joints, hydrofractures, faults, stylolites, and deformation bands\u2014from a fresh perspective. 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