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Millions Of Dollars Plate Tectonics
1,068 wordsEARTHQUAKE REFERENCE FILES Earthquake, shaking of the earth's surface caused by rapid movement of the earth's rocky outer layer. Earthquakes occur when energy stored within the earth, usually in the form of strain in rocks, suddenly releases. This energy is transmitted to the surface of the earth by earthquake waves. The study of earthquakes and the waves they create is called seismology. Scientists who study earthquakes are called seismologists. (Webster's p. 423) The destruction an earthquake ...
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Earthquake Studies For Southern California
615 wordsEarthquake Studies For Southern California Earthquake Country. info claims that earthquakes are as Southern Californian as waves at the beach and traffic on the freeways. Lets dwell on earthquakes in Southern California as well as the faults associated with our area. The San Andreas fault is one of the most significant faults affecting our area. We know that the San Andreas fault produces large earthquakes and that many other faults are also hazardous (Earthquake Country. info n. p. ). So, lets ...
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Evidence To Support Continental Drift
1,020 wordsWe live in an extraordinary era of exploration. We are now able to reach far out into space and deep down into the ocean. We have the advantage with technology such as computers and satellites. We can now simply understand the dynamic forces that shape our Earth. Our Earth is constantly destructing and recreating. It balances through a continuous rebirth cycle. The Earth? s dynamic shape can be summed up very simply-Transfer Of Energy. This " Big Idea" helps to explain many things such...
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San Andreas Fault Surface Of The Earth
2,516 wordsBenjamin Earthquake Earthquake Design Benjamin Mall Geology is the study of the earths landmasses. The earth is constantly changing. These changes are to slow for one person to see in his or her lifetime. Forces cause different things to happen on the surface of the earth. Such as mountains growing and eroding. The earth is broken down into layers lithosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. The lithosphere is the dense, solid layer that surrounds they earth. Which we call the ground. Scientists be...
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San Andreas Fault Surface Of The Earth
2,606 wordsGeology is the study of the earths landmasses. The earth is constantly changing. Often changes are to slow to be able to see them in a human lifetime. Forces cause different things to happen on the surface of the earth (Such as Mountains growing and eroding). Scientists believe that the earth was formed by very dense elements such as iron and nickel which are in the core of the earth. The earths crust covers the mantle. The crust is made up of over two thousand different compounds called mineral...
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Reinforced Concrete Strike Slip
10,086 wordsThe January 17, 1995 Kobe Earthquake An EQE Summary Report, April 1995 Executive Summary exec summ / ex 1 - 600. gifexecsumm / ex 1 - 600. gif On the first anniversary of the moment magnitude (MW) 6. 7 1994 Northridge Earthquake, Kobe, Japan was struck by an MW 6. 9 earthquake. Both earthquakes struck in the pre-dawn hours, both ruptured beneath densely populated areas, and both caused horrible damage. Yet in Kobe there were many more deaths, financial losses dwarfed those in Northridge, and the...
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