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Decks in this class (22)

1 - Volcanic Eruption styles
What are monogenetic volcanoes,
What are polygenetic volcanoes,
Eg of a explosive volcano
14  cards
2 - Rheology of magma
What is rheology,
What is a viscosity,
What are some factors that effect...
12  cards
3 - Volcanic hazards
What are lava flows,
What are hazards of lava flows,
What are pyroclastic flows
11  cards
4 - Volcanic monitoring
What is used to assess the risk o...,
What is volcanic seismicity,
How is seismology measured
9  cards
5 - Climatic effects of volcanoes
How can historic climatic effects...,
What are the effects of aerosols ...,
How do aerosols impact the atmosp...
5  cards
6 - Benefits of volcanoes
How does mineral deposits benefit...,
How does fertile volcanic soils b...,
How do new lands from volcanoes b...
6  cards
7 - Intro to earthquakes
What is an earthquake,
What is the epicentre,
What is the hypocentre
10  cards
8 - Locating and measuring earthquakes
What are p waves,
What are s waves,
What are surface waves
14  cards
9 - Assessing and mitigating earthquake hazard
What is probabilistic seismic haz...,
How are earthquakes monitored,
What are some precursors of earth...
12  cards
10 - Secondary hazards of earthquakes
How are tsunamis generated,
How does water depth affect wave ...,
What is the minimum magnitude for...
8  cards
11 - Tectonic setting of earthquakes
Where do earthquakes occur,
Where do the most powerful earthq...,
What kinds of earthquakes at subd...
7  cards
12 - Mass wasting
What are landslides,
How are landslides classified,
What is a rupture surface
11  cards
12.5 - Types of landslides
What are falls,
What are topples,
What are rotational slides
8  cards
13 - Mass wasting hazards
What are hazards of landslides,
What are hazards of subsidence,
What are hazards of avalanches
4  cards
14 - Dynamics of mass wasting
What is rheology,
How is velocity calculated,
How is acceleration calculated
9  cards
15 - Risk and mitigation of mass wasting
What is mass wasting risk,
How can the risk of terrestrial m...,
What are risks of marine mass was...
3  cards
16 - Climate system
What are the 5 components of the ...,
What is climate,
What is weather
12  cards
17 - Flooding
What effects the extent of flooding,
What is fluvial flooding,
What is pluvial surface flooding
13  cards
18 - Sea level rise
How much did sea level vary durin...,
How high waste level 125 000 year...,
How low did sea level go during l...
16  cards
19 - Climate change fundamentals
How old is the sun,
How hot is the suns surface,
What radiation comes from the sun...
18  cards
20 - Heat
What is dry bulb temperature,
What is wet bulb temperature,
What does relative humidity deter...
8  cards
21 - Drought
What is drought,
What is mega drought,
What is evapotranspiration
12  cards

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