1 3 - Tectonics Flashcards by Felix Johnson

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Name of original supercontinent

A

Pangea

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Force at boundaries

A

Friction

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Temperature of inner core

A

5500 C

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Temperature of outer core

A

5200 C

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Thickness of mantle

A

2800km

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Thickness of crust

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60km

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Destructive boundaries crust types

A

Oceanic subducted by continental

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Collision boundaries crust types

A

Both continental

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_____ ring of fire

A

Pacific

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__% of worlds volcanoes in ring of fire

A

75

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Volcano Types

A

Active, dormant and extinct

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Relationship between volcano type, silica content, thickness and shape

A

Shield - low silica - runny - flat

Acid dome - high Silica - viscous - steep

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LEDC Earthquake C/S name

A

Haiti 2010

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LEDC Earthquake C/S plate names

A

North American and Caribean

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LEDC Earthquake C/S boundary type

A

Conservative

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LEDC Earthquake C/S richter

A

7

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LEDC Earthquake C/S depth

A

13 km - relatively shallow

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LEDC Earthquake C/S __% buildings collapsed

A

50

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Q

Define pancakeing

A

The effect of a building collapsing floor by floor

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Seismic wave types

A

body and surface

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Body wave types

A

Primary (P) and Secondary (S)

Q

P wave info

A

Fastest, longtitudinal

Q

S wave info

A

Slower, transverse

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Surface wave info

A

Slowest, travel through crust, most destructive, transverse

MEDC Earthquake C/S name

Sendai 2011

MEDC Earthquake C/S depth

32 km

MEDC Earthquake C/S epicentre distance from Tokyo

373 km

MEDC Earthquake C/S epicentre distance from Sendai

129 km

MEDC Earthquake C/S duration

5 mins

MEDC Earthquake C/S richter

9

MEDC Earthquake C/S date

11 March 2011

MEDC Earthquake C/S time

14:46 local

LEDC Earthquake C/S date

12 January 2011

LEDC Earthquake C/S time

16:53 local

MEDC Earthquake C/S tsunami arrival time

15:08 local

MEDC Earthquake C/S tsumani warning

10 mins

MEDC Earthquake C/S tsumani max hight

38m

MEDC Earthquake C/S building damage

332395 buildings deemed unsafe

MEDC Earthquake C/S bridges collapse

56

MEDC Earthquake C/S economic loss

$250 bn estimated

MEDC Earthquake C/S nuclear air pollution

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

MEDC Earthquake C/S nuclear human disruption

70k within 20km radius people moved

MEDC Volacno C/S name

Iceland

MEDC Volacno C/S tourism GPD __%

13

MEDC Volacno C/S visitiors/year

370k

MEDC Volacno C/S geothermal __% of national

75

MEDC Volacno C/S Blue lagoon temp

36-9C