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Structural Geology

Exercise 14, Problem 1:

a.  The type of behavior is the type of strain: elastic, plastic, or brittle.  See pages 260, 261, & 268 for a description.

b.  Why did the silly putty behave differently?  The conditions to consider are described on pages 260 & 261, including in Table 14.1.  Describe how the conditions differed in each of the three cases.

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