Orders of magnitude

ES AT1 2017 Case Study: Christchurch Earthquake Part A: Analysis of Event Analysis of the tectonic movement or process involved The Christchurch earthquake in 2011 was a result of a transform boundary. Transform boundaries are when two separate plates slide past each other in their movement. During this process of movement, lithosphere is neither created nor destroyed. Many of these transform boundaries are found on the seafloor. This slide of plates can often lead to major earthquakes. In…

1.1 Introduction to Landslide A landslide is a geological phenomenon, which includes a wide range of ground movements, such as deep or shallow failure slopes and rock falls. See figure 1.1. 1.1.1 Factors influence Landslides Landslides occur when the stability of the slope turns from the stable state to unstable state. Most of the Landslides usually cause depend on two main factors: (i) Natural Factors and (ii) Anthropogenic Factors. (USSG, 2004) (i) Natural Factors (a) Geological…

distance of the earthquake. The main function of a seismologist is to locate the source, nature, and magnitude of a seismic event. Recently, there has been a discovery regarding the Ancient Temples. The temples that are in the Chamba district of Himachal Pradesh, India fall within the Kashmir seismic gap of the Northwest Himalaya range. This area has the potential to produce earthquakes of a 7.5 magnitude or larger. As stated in the article, the type of damage sustained by temples clustered…

It is a bit surreal to think that I will be a senior at Endicott College in the fall. It feels as if just yesterday that I was 17-years-old, applying to colleges and hoping that once I secured a face-to-face interview, that I would be able to explain why my grades suffered my freshman year of high school. I was hoping that once in an interview that a reputable college would take a chance on me, to take into consideration the bullying I endured, for me to showcase my academic abilities. Endicott…

three major orders of columns the Doric order, Ionic Order, and the Corinthian Order. The Doric Order is the oldest and most simplistic of their columns. This style of column was usually fluted (grooves carved in vertically) then they would be tipped with, and inverted frustum of a cone or a cylindrical band. The Ionic Order was invented by the…

He categorized his birth order theory into four categories; first-born, second-born, youngest, and only child (Schultz & Schultz,…

I was born on February 20th, 1998 in Greenville, South Carolina. My parents were new to parenting because they were twenty years old when I was born. Once I turned six weeks old, my parents went back to work so my great grandmother took care of me. I learned a lot from being at my great grandmother’s house because there were always older people around me. “You and your Papa Pete used to sit on the front porch and watch the cars go by. That’s how you learned your colors. He used to hold you and…

Childhood At the young age of eight I became a very proud big sister to my youngest sibling, Hailey. I didn’t know what I was really getting into, I was to enveloped in becoming a sister. My brother, Mitchell and I are twenty two months apart therefore we grew up close, to close at times. My mother has worked a very hard job her entire life to support our family because my father has a heavy drinking habit which, has worsened over the years. Three years after my sister came into our family is…

To create a budget, you must be detail-oriented in order to foresee all aspects of your personal spending and dedicated enough to following through on your plans. There are many ways that you can increase your savings, and a common choice is to increase your income. Wages increase with promotions or getting…

My Grandmother’s Voice As a child I was always confused by the characteristics of my grandmother, whom I called Mommom. I was born an analyzer. My determination of whether someone was a friend or foe was always by process of careful analysis. Not that I would ever come to a conclusion of this analysis within a short meeting. My analysis of a person always had much thought and consideration. However, I found it difficult to analysis my Mommom when I was growing up. She was firm, a natural born…