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1 3 - Tectonics Flashcards

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1
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Name of original supercontinent

A

Pangea

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2
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Force at boundaries

A

Friction

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3
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Temperature of inner core

A

5500 C

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4
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Temperature of outer core

A

5200 C

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5
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Thickness of mantle

A

2800km

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6
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Thickness of crust

A

60km

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7
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Destructive boundaries crust types

A

Oceanic subducted by continental

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8
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Collision boundaries crust types

A

Both continental

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9
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_____ ring of fire

A

Pacific

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10
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__% of worlds volcanoes in ring of fire

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75

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11
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Volcano Types

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Active, dormant and extinct

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12
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Relationship between volcano type, silica content, thickness and shape

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Shield - low silica - runny - flat

Acid dome - high Silica - viscous - steep

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13
Q

LEDC Earthquake C/S name

A

Haiti 2010

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14
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LEDC Earthquake C/S plate names

A

North American and Caribean

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15
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LEDC Earthquake C/S boundary type

A

Conservative

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16
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LEDC Earthquake C/S richter

A

7

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17
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LEDC Earthquake C/S depth

A

13 km - relatively shallow

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18
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LEDC Earthquake C/S __% buildings collapsed

A

50

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19
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Define pancakeing

A

The effect of a building collapsing floor by floor

20
Q

Seismic wave types

A

body and surface

21
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Body wave types

A

Primary (P) and Secondary (S)

22
Q

P wave info

A

Fastest, longtitudinal

23
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S wave info

A

Slower, transverse

24
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Surface wave info

A

Slowest, travel through crust, most destructive, transverse

25
Q

MEDC Earthquake C/S name

A

Sendai 2011

26
Q

MEDC Earthquake C/S depth

A

32 km

27
Q

MEDC Earthquake C/S epicentre distance from Tokyo

A

373 km

28
Q

MEDC Earthquake C/S epicentre distance from Sendai

A

129 km

29
Q

MEDC Earthquake C/S duration

A

5 mins

30
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MEDC Earthquake C/S richter

A

9

31
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MEDC Earthquake C/S date

A

11 March 2011

32
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MEDC Earthquake C/S time

A

14:46 local

33
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LEDC Earthquake C/S date

A

12 January 2011

34
Q

LEDC Earthquake C/S time

A

16:53 local

35
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MEDC Earthquake C/S tsunami arrival time

A

15:08 local

36
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MEDC Earthquake C/S tsumani warning

A

10 mins

37
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MEDC Earthquake C/S tsumani max hight

A

38m

38
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MEDC Earthquake C/S building damage

A

332395 buildings deemed unsafe

39
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MEDC Earthquake C/S bridges collapse

A

56

40
Q

MEDC Earthquake C/S economic loss

A

$250 bn estimated

41
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MEDC Earthquake C/S nuclear air pollution

A

400 mSv recorded (.02 for chest x-ray)

42
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MEDC Earthquake C/S nuclear human disruption

A

70k within 20km radius people moved

43
Q

MEDC Volacno C/S name

A

Iceland

44
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MEDC Volacno C/S tourism GPD __%

A

13

45
Q

MEDC Volacno C/S visitiors/year

A

370k

46
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MEDC Volacno C/S geothermal __% of national

A

75

47
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MEDC Volacno C/S Blue lagoon temp

A

36-9C

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