Natural Hazards - Plate Tectonics
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- Created on: 29-12-14 16:26
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- Natural Hazards - Plate Tectonics
- Earthquakes
- Plate Boundaries
- Convergent Boundary
- Divergent Boundary
- Transform Boundary
- Conservative Boundary
- Causes
- Sudden movement of the earth
- Fault plane moving
- Up-welling of magma during a volcanic eruption
- Prediction
- Sensitive instruments
- Foreshocks can imply there may be an earthquake
- mapping earthquakes could show patterns
- Case Studies
- Northridge, California 1994 - MEDC
- Sichuan, China 2008 - LEDC
- Protection
- Earthquake-proof buildings
- Education of earthquakes
- Emergency Service
- Plate Boundaries
- A natural hazard is an extreme natural event or process.
- Earthquakes
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