Course outlines:

1. Brittle fracture of rock
2. Rock friction
3. Mechanics of faulting
4. Mechanics of earthquake
5. The seismic cycle
6. Seismotectonics
7. Earthquake prediction and hazard analysis

Textbooks:
Scholz C.H., The mechanics and faulting, Cambridge University press, 2000.
Ramsay J.G. and R. Lisle, The techniques of modern structural geology, volume 3: application of continuum mechanics in structural geology, Academic Press, 2000.
Mandl G., Faulting in Brittle rocks, Springer,1999

Grading:
Midterm Examination (30%)
Final Examination: (40 %)
Oral presentation (30%)