Geography - Tectonic Hazards
- Created by: Noah_S
- Created on: 12-11-19 19:32
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- Tectonic Hazards
- Tectonic Margins
- Constructive
- Two plates move away from each other
- Exposes Magma
- Creates Earthquakes + Volcanoes
- Two plates move away from each other
- Destructive
- Oceanic plate subducted under continental plate
- Ocean trenches + Volcanoes + Earthquakes
- Same plates folded up - Creates fold mountains + Earthquakes
- Two plates move together
- Oceanic plate subducted under continental plate
- Conservative
- Two plates are moving side by side each other
- Creates Earthquakes only
- Constructive
- Living with Tectonic Hazards
- Management strategies
- Prediction - Volcanoes can be if monitored closely
- Protection - Buildings strengthened to absorb energy or to hold up the weight of ash
- Monitoring - seismometer (earthquake) and escaping gas (volcano)
- Planning - Avoid high risk areas, Emergency services prep, People taught
- Why we live there
- Always lived there - family + jobs there
- Cannot afford to move + doesn't know the risks
- Confident in government to provide monitoring + support
- Management strategies
- Tectonic Margins
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