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16 Cards in this Set
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Shield Volcano |
A broad gently sloping volcanic cone |
Kilawa |
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Cinder Cones |
Narrow bases and steepest sides erupts cinders |
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Composite Volcano |
Tall and wide volcanoes that have the characteristics of both volcanoes |
Mt St Helens |
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Hawaiian Eruptions |
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Strombolian |
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Vulcanian |
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Pelçean |
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Liquefaction |
Occurs when a earthquake's violent shaking turns loose, soft soil into liquid mud. |
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Tsunami |
An earthquake on the ocean floor causes the floor to slightly rise and push water out its way |
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Siesmometers |
Instruments that detect ground motions |
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Siesmographs |
Instruments for recording seismic waves from earthquakes. They amplify record and display the seismic waves recordings are called siesmographs |
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Body waves |
Travel through the Earth's Interior |
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Surface waves |
Travel along the Earth's surface |
Similar to ocean waves |
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P wave |
Fastest kind of wave can move threw solid rock and fluids. It pushes and pulls the rock. Highest velocity 6km/sec in the crust |
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Secondary wave |
Second wave you feel slower than p wave can only move threw sold rock up and down and side to side |
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Start |
The earthquake starts at the focus the origin of the quake and the epicenter is the point above the focus on the surface |
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