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Natural Hazards

This class was created by Brainscape user Akemi Rankine-Griffith. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Akemi Rankine-Griffith
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Decks in this class (20)

Chapter 1
1 uniformitarianism,
2 catastrophism,
3 actualism
30  cards
Chapter 3
1 plate tectonics,
2 what are plate boundaries,
2 3 types of plate boundaries
55  cards
Chapter 4
Forecast,
Prediction,
1 what is the difference between ...
29  cards
WTG - Chapter 1
1 approximately 4 billion years a...,
2 what was the great oxidation event,
2 why was the great oxidation eve...
4  cards
WTG - Chapter 2
1 petm stands for,
1 paleocene eocene thermal maximum,
1 clathrates
8  cards
WGT - Chapter 3
1 what three things from volcanic...,
1 gasses emitted from volcanoes,
1 sulphur dioxide why is it noxious
12  cards
Chapter 5
14 burin peninsula november 18 1929,
15 what are tsunami laid sediment...,
16 explain the earthquake and tsu...
5  cards
Chapter 6 and 7
Lahar,
1 what are the two types of volcano,
2 why are volcanoes so hazardous
15  cards
Chapter 10 - part 1
1 what is a drainage basin,
2 how does a typical drainage bas...,
How is sediment created in a river
30  cards
Chapter 10 - part 2
23 3 flood control measures in co...,
Artificial levees,
Artificial channels
19  cards
Chapter 17
1 why are some substances such as...,
2 what controls the distribution ...,
3 what is a major problem with de...
17  cards
WTG - Chapter 6, Chapter 7
1 describe the zanclean flood,
2 what effect will sea level rise...,
1 if a worse possible scenario ta...
4  cards
Chapter 4
5 notable example of successful e...,
Other ways to predict and control...,
What are some of the ramification...
4  cards
Chapter 2
Water is important because 5,
The biggest problem with water is...,
Uniformitarianism
18  cards
MIDTERM CH. 5
1 tsunami,
2 where is a tsunami not a hazard,
3 where is a tsunami most hazardous
21  cards
Tsunami
Tsunami deposits,
Tsunami hazard in bc
2  cards
Floods/Rivers
2 types of rivers,
Braided river features,
Meandering river features
23  cards
Chapter 10
26 what is a levee,
27 what are the three ways that w...,
27 a water escaping a river chann...
15  cards
Chapter 4
Isostacy,
Isostatic adjustment see photo,
What is the link between ice ages...
3  cards
Waking the Giant
Chapter 4, 5, 6, 7,
8  cards

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