Hazardous Enviroments

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Decks in this class (11)

9.1 Hazards resulting from tectonic processes
Define seismic waves 1,
Define body waves and their categ...,
Define surface waves and their ca...
39  cards
9.2 Hazards resulting from mass movements
What are the two types of avalanc...,
How are avalanches triggered 2,
What is a snow cornice 3
19  cards
9.3 Hazards resulting from atmospheric disturbances
Explain why the location of torna...,
Suggest two reasons why some plac...,
Suggest reasons for the pattern o...
9  cards
9.4 - CASE STUDY Earthquakes
Boxing day tsunami indian ocean 2...,
Palu indonesia 2018 2,
Bam iran 2003 3
11  cards
9.4 CASE STUDY (mass movements)
Bingham copper mine land slide 20...,
Caracas venezuelan mudslides 1999 2,
Merriespruit south africa debris ...
4  cards
9.4 VOLCANO Pinatubo June 1991
How high was the ash plume 1,
What did the ash mix with and wha...,
How much damage did property and ...
21  cards
9.4 VOLCANO Monserrat 1995-1997
Note the events of 1995 in the so...,
Note the events of 1996 in the so...,
Note the events of june to aug 19...
16  cards
9.4 VOLCANO Nevado Del Ruiz 1985
Blank 1,
In what way were the lahars of th...,
What were the economic effects of...
8  cards
9.4 Effusive and Limnic Eruptions
Hazardous impacts evidence of ice...,
Hazardous impacts evidence of lak...
2  cards
9.4 CASE STUDY Charley in Florida
When was hurricane charley and wh...,
What impact did charley have 2,
Why did charley have such an impa...
5  cards
9.4 Haiti Sustainable management in hazardous environments
In an essay about sustainable man...,
Define sustainably managed 2,
Thesis for a question on sustaina...
10  cards

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