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Lecture 1 - Key Concepts
What is a natural disaster,
What are natural disasters typica...,
What is the definition of return ...
15
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Lecture 2 - Earth Evolution and Structure
How did the solar system form,
Accretion,
How did proto earth form
61
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Lecture 3 - Space Hazards
What generates earths magnetic field,
What is the magnetosphere,
What is solar wind
33
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Lecture 4 - Plate Tectonics
What evidence is there for contin...,
Who suggested the idea of pangaea,
Why do glacial striations in aust...
9
cards
Lecture 5 - Earthquake Faulting and Seismic Waves
What indicates that slip relative...,
How far can faulting in large ear...,
Faults are
40
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Lecture 6 - Earthquake Magnitude and Intensity
What does the magnitude scale des...,
How did charles richters original...,
What is seismic moment
23
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Lecture 7 - Earthquake Case Studies
What types of earthquake are host...,
What are some examples of interme...,
What are some examples of fore ar...
39
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Lecture 8 - Reducing Seismic Risk
Why do we say that earthquakes do...,
Why are wood buildings much more ...,
What material is the best choice ...
33
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Lecture 9 - Introduction to Volcanoes
What is a volcano,
What is lava,
What are some examples of differe...
58
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Lecture 10 - Volcanic hazards
When do pahoehoe flows form,
When do a a lava flows form,
What are ballistics
25
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Lecture 11 - Volcanic eruption case studies
Where is the cascade volcanic arc,
Prior to 1980 why was the norther...,
What first indicated renewed unre...
22
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Lecture 12 - Introduction to landslides
When do mass movements occur,
When do we call mass movements la...,
What components does gravity acti...
19
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Lecture 13 - Landslide classification and risk management
What are mass movements are usual...,
What can mass movements sometimes...,
What are some examples of slow ma...
29
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Lecture 14 - Landslide case studies
On what did the 2014 oso washingt...,
How did the 2014 oso washington l...,
What type of landslide was the 20...
23
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Lecture 15 - Tsunamis
What does the word tsunami mean,
How are tsunamis created,
What are examples of events that ...
19
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Lecture 16 - Tsunami Case Studies and Mitigation
What was the deadliest tsunami of...,
What was the 2004 indian ocean ts...,
What was the rupture duration len...
39
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Lecture 17 - Introduction to Weather and Climate
What does weather refer to,
Why does weather change over shor...,
What does climate refer to
58
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Lecture 18 - Hurricanes and Tornadoes
What are tropical cyclones,
Where do tropical cyclones form,
How are tropical cyclones subdivided
55
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Research Assignment - Hurricane Katrina
What category of hurricane was ka...,
When and where did hurricane katr...,
What was the main reason for the ...
14
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Lecture 19 - Flooding
What is flooding defined as,
When does flooding occur,
When do rivers flood
47
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Lecture 20 - Forest Fires
When are the earliest records of ...,
What ecosystem processes and patt...,
What happens during a fire in ter...
56
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Lecture 21 - Avalanches
What is an avalanche,
At what time of year do most aval...,
How does a snow avalanche start a...
30
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