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This graduate‑level textbook presents a comprehensive, unified treatment of how Earth’s solid materials deform over geological timescales. It covers elastic, anelastic, and viscous deformation mechanisms — from crystal‑scale processes such as dislocation and diffusion creep to large‑scale phenomena like mantle flow, lithospheric deformation, and seismic anisotropy. Widely regarded as a definitive reference in solid‑Earth rheology, the book bridges mineral physics, materials science, and geodynamics to explain how microscopic material behavior under pressure and temperature influences the large‑scale structure and dynamics of the planet

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245: $a: Deformation of Earth Materials
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250: $b: Cambridge University Press
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