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Geohazards

This class was created by Brainscape user Dominic De Fonseka. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Dominic De Fonseka
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Decks in this class (18)

Lecture 1 - Volcanic Hazards
Pyroclasts,
Tephra,
Monogenetic and polygenetic
15  cards
Lecture 2 - Rheology of magmas
Controls of viscosity,
Network formers and breakers,
What determines the viscosity of ...
8  cards
Lecture 3 - Volcanic Hazards
Primary or direct hazards lava flows,
Kileau lower east rift zone,
What is a pyroclastic flow
13  cards
Lecture 4 - Volcanic Hazard monitoring
Short term forecasting and monito...,
Long term forecasting and monitoring,
Methods of volcano activity and e...
12  cards
Lecture 5 - Volcanoes and Climate
Why study volcanic eruptions and ...,
What happened in 1815 with mount ...,
Overall impacts of mount tambora
6  cards
Lecture 6 - Volcano Benefits
Fertile volcanic soils,
List of volcano benefits,
Geothermal energy facts
7  cards
Lecture 7 - Earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
Strain definition,
Stress definition
13  cards
Lecture. 8 - Locating and Measuring Earthquakes
P wavess waves,
Two types of surface waves,
What controls p waves and s waves
13  cards
Lecture 9 - Earthquake hazard and mitigation
Potential earthquake precursors,
Effect of soft sediments vs bedrock
2  cards
Lecture 10 - Resource Conundrum
How does the world s demand for m...,
The club of rome report 1978 pred...,
Reserves versus resources
5  cards
Lecture 11 - Geopolitics, strategic metals
3 reasons why minerals are politi...,
Iron ore reserve distribution,
2
9  cards
Lecture 12 - Metal Markets and Market Catastrophes
Tin info,
Main tin producers,
Tin price changes
10  cards
Lecture 13 - Geology of commodities Copper Mineral Deposits
Usages of copper,
Copper deposits,
Porphyry deposits
7  cards
Lecture 14 - Stratiform sediment hosted copper deposits
Location,
Grade,
Info
3  cards
Lecture 15 - Volcanogenic Massive Sulfide Deposits
What are they
1  cards
Lecture 15 - Diamonds
Graphite,
Diamond,
Diamond
11  cards
Lecture 16 - Iron and Nickel
World iron and steel production,
Iron stones,
Placer deposits
12  cards
Lecture 17 - Energy minerals
Coal production,
Coal reserves,
Electrification patterns
9  cards

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