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In any deformational process stresses and strains are intimately related. This chapter introduces, in a somewhat elementary way, the relationship between stresses and strains in the deformation of rocks in the brittle’ upper crust of the Earth.
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Mandl, G. (2000). The Brittle Regime. In: Faulting in Brittle Rocks. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04262-5_3
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