1. Introduction

2. General Behaviour

   II.1 The Concept of Creep
   

3. Rheologic Relationship
   

   III.1 Elastic Behaviour

   III.2 Viscous Behaviour

   III.3 Visco-Elastic Behaviour

   III.4 Elastico-Viscous Behavior

   III.5 General Linear Behaviour

   III.6 Nonlinear Behaviour

IV. Mechanisms of Deformation

                                        IV.1 Fracturing, Frictional Grain-Boundary Sliding, and Cataclasis

IV.2 Crystal-Plastic Flow

IV.3 Diffusive Mass Transfer

5. Experimental Parameters

   V.1 The Deformation Apparatus

   V.2 Confining Pressure

   V.3 Temperature

   V.4 Pore-Fluid Pressure

   V.5 Strain Rate

6. Experimental Deformation of Dunite

VII.  Glossary

IX. References