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TECTONIC PROCESSES AND HAZARDS

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By: Maya Sedgwick
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1. LOCATIONS AT RISK FROM TECTONIC HAZARDS
What do tectonic hazards include ...,
Tectonic hazards can be classifie...,
What is a seismic hazard
22  cards
1.1 PLATE BOUNDRIES AND THEIR DISTRIBUTION
Where are divergent plate boundar...,
Features of a divergent place bou...,
Where are conservative plate boun...
9  cards
1.2 THEORETICAL FRAMWORKS AND PLATE MOV
What is the thin oceanic crust co...,
What is thicker continental crust...,
What does the earth s mantle have
15  cards
1. 3 PHYSICAL PROCESSES AND TECTONIC HAZARDS
What is an earthquake,
What is a fault,
What is the epicentre
12  cards
1. 4 VOLCANOES
Pyroclastic flows,
Tephra,
Lava flows
4  cards
1. 5 TSUNAMIS
3 tsunami characteristics,
What is a tsunami also known as,
How much are they occurring in th...
4  cards
2.1 HAZARDS, VULNERABILITY, RESILIENCE + DISASTER
What is a disaster,
What is a risk,
What is resilience
20  cards

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