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The Mechanics of Deformation

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Principles of Geodynamics

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The basic problem in the study of the Earth’s crust is to understand its deformations. Unfortunately, the general physics of deformations is not as well understood as one might desire.

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    Adrian E. Scheidegger Ph. D. (Toronto); Dipl. Phys. Eth. (Zürich)

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Scheidegger, A.E. (1958). The Mechanics of Deformation. In: Principles of Geodynamics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01532-2_3

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