Geological natural hazards

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Decks in this class (13)

Pre-reading
What is a seismic hazard,
How can seismic hazards affect so...,
What is seismic risk
52  cards
Magma properties
What is a hazard,
What should considerations of nat...,
What does risk consider
71  cards
Effusive eruptions
What 2 ways can the behaviour of ...,
What are key controls of explosiv...,
What is first needed for an effus...
54  cards
Explosive eruptions
What are the relevant parameters ...,
What s tephra,
What can tephra be
67  cards
Pyroclastic density currents and lahars
What are the different ways pdcs ...,
What are pyroclastic density curr...,
What is the composition of the vi...
59  cards
Volcanic monitoring
What is required for risk reducti...,
What is needed by geoscientists t...,
What are some examples of long te...
52  cards
Hazard mitigation
Despite monitoring advances what ...,
What of volcanic signals are unre...,
How can volcanic eruptions be cat...
28  cards
Landslides lectures 1&2 (introduction)
What is the evolution of landslid...,
What is a landslide,
What are the variables that affec...
76  cards
Landslide causes and landslide hazard assessments
What is an example showing stable...,
How do the slopes form mccoll 202...,
What happens when a slope shifts ...
25  cards
Landslide hazard assessment – magnitude-frequency
What factors are used to produce ...,
What problem might arise from a c...,
What is the frequency magnitude r...
13  cards
Flooding_intro
What are type a b and c flooding,
What is an example of a type a flood,
What was the combination of facto...
46  cards
Earthquake principles
What is an earthquake,
How can a quote from legally blon...,
What is the seismic moment and wh...
71  cards
Flood mitigation
What is the main interest of floo...,
What is mitigation wanting to con...,
What canchnage the rate of run off
19  cards

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