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Pre-reading Flashcards

1
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What is a seismic hazard?

A

potential for dangerous earthquake related natural phenomona i.e. shaking, soil fracture or liquefaction

  • leon reiter (1990)
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How can seismic hazards affect society?

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Potential destrution of buildings or loss of life

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What is seismic risk?

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probability of occurence of the consequences of seismic hazards

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4
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What is needed to calculate seismic risk?

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Need to know the seismic hazard

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When does an earthquake occur?

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When there is sudden movement along a new or pre-existing fracture or fault

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6
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What is a ‘Maximum earthquake’?

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Upper bound to qauke size determined by earthquake processes no matter how unlikely
or
Max historic quake

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7
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How are seismic waves and their ground motion divided?

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2 levels
Weak/ small amplitude (distant or small earthquake)
Strong/ large amplitude (nearby or large earthquakes)

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8
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What is the difference between continental and ocean flood basalt volumes?

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Oceanic flood basalts are usually 10 times greater in volume

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9
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What is the amount of melt associated to a mantle plume proportional to?

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The amount of decompressionthe plume experiences where the temp is equal to or above the solidus

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10
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Where do temperatures above the solidus begin to occur?

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200km depth or shallower

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11
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What is the extent of melting in a mantle plume primarily controlled by?

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Thickness of lithosphere

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12
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What is a diapir?

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An upwelling of material or intrusion into the overlying surface

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13
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What is a magma resevoir?

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domain of fluid filled matrix that can store and transmit magma

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14
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definition and characteristics

What is the magma chamber?

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The top of the magma reservoir
- fluid rich
- sill like

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15
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What is neutral bouyancy?

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Where melt density and in-situ country rock density are equal

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What is the horizon of neutral bouyancy (HNB)?

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Layer of narrow vertical extent and wide lateral extent where melt has mechanical equillibrium

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17
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What is negative bouyancy?

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When melt density is greater than insitu country rock

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18
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Where is the zone of negative bouyancy located?

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Above horizon of neutral bouyancy

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What is positive bouyancy?

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When the density of insitu country rock is greater than the melt density

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Where is the zone of positive bouyancy?

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Bounded below the site of magma generation and bounded above the horizon of neutral bouyancy

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21
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What is contractancy?

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progressive reduction in macri and microscopic pore spaces produced by progression increase in pressure with depth

22
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What is present in every slope?

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stresses which will promote movement (shear stress) and opposing forces which resist movement

23
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What are the best 3 states to view slopes in for classification?

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Stable
Unstable (marginally stable)
Actively unstable

24
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There are 3

What are the destabalising factors that affect slopes?

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Preparatory factors
Triggering factors
Controlling (perpetuating)

25
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What are preparatory factors for slope destabalisation?

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Factors which make the slope susceptable to movement without intitiating it
Make slope marginally unstable

26
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What are triggering factors for slope destabalisation?

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Initiate movement
Move slope from marginally unstable to actively unstable

27
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What are cintrolling factors for slope destabalisation?

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Dictate conditions of movement as it happens
Control:
- form
- rate
- duration

28
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What must happen for a slope to move from stable ro marginally unstable to actively unstable?

A

Changes that affect the distribution of resistance and shear stresses

29
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Where are the most active orogenic belts in the world found?

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convergent crustal plate boundaries along which folding produces mountain ranges

30
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How can the costs of landslide activity be classified?

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Personal - death injury etc
Economic - individual or public
Environmental

31
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Why is rhyolitic lava typically more viscous?

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Their internal structure is highly polymerised with large intertwined silicate molecules which dont readily move

32
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What is a Plinian eruption?

A

When an umbrella cloud forms from a rhyolitic eruption and there is a ‘pumice rain’
Very explosive

33
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What are the characteristics of andesitic eruptions?

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Highly explosive
Viscous
Intermittent

34
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what is the composition of basaltic lavas?

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Less: silica
More: magnesium, calcium and iron

35
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What is the viscosity of basaltic lava like compared to rhyolitic?

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A lot runnier

36
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What is the name of the bubbly rock produced from basaltic eruptions?

A

Scornia

37
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What type of eruption leads to pyroclatic density currents?

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Plinian

38
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What affects the transport distance of pyroclastic flows?

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The slope angle and the amount of material supplied by the volcano

39
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What is ignimbrite?

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A deposited layer of ash and pumice following a pyroclastic flow

40
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What controls the depth of ignimbrite deposits?

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Quickness of deposition i.e. how quickly the cloud decelerates

41
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When does a pheonix plume form?

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When a pyroclastic cloud has depsoited a vast proportion of pumice and rock that an ash-laden cloud rises again

42
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How did the pheonix plume get its name?

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As the cloud rises due to the heat of the hot ash rather then from the volcano

43
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What are vesicles?

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Bubbles of gas that have become ‘frozen’ in the lava

44
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What are carbonatites?

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Lime-rich lavas that is very runny and forms minature lava flows (1cm thick) but 500-600*c

45
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What is a Pahoehoe?

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a winkled like lava formation that occurs as lava advances and cools on top of itself

46
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What is another name for the ropey variety of pahoehoe?

A

Toothpaste lava

47
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How does toothpaste lava form?

A

As the surface winkles and shears

48
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What are flood basalts?

A

Fast flowing almost wave like lava flows which travelled 10’s-100’s of km

49
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What can happen if a pahoehoe reaches a slope which overwhelms its viscosity?

A

Cause it to tear itself apart

50
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What is the name given by hawiians to the rubbly lava flow?

A

a’a

51
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What happens when pahoehoe turns into a’a?

A

It is irriversable with a rubbly front and a still fluid interior

52
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Geological natural hazards (11 decks)

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