Physical Geology: Earth RevealedCoverage of plate tectonics is moved to the beginning of the book. The text is also used as the official Annenberg CPB distributed telecourse for physical geology.The beautiful new art program and interactive writing style will grab students' attention and further their interest in the subject. |
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... Landslides can be triggered by the shaking of the ground ( figure 7.16 ) . The 1959 Madison Canyon landslide in Montana was triggered by a nearby quake of magnitude 7.7 . Landslides and subsidence caused extensive damage in D downtown ...
... Landslides can be triggered by the shaking of the ground ( figure 7.16 ) . The 1959 Madison Canyon landslide in Montana was triggered by a nearby quake of magnitude 7.7 . Landslides and subsidence caused extensive damage in D downtown ...
Page 291
... landslides have cost Americans triple the com- bined costs of earthquakes , hurricanes , floods , and tornadoes . On average , the annual cost of landslides in the United States has been 1.5 billion dollars and 25 lost lives . In many ...
... landslides have cost Americans triple the com- bined costs of earthquakes , hurricanes , floods , and tornadoes . On average , the annual cost of landslides in the United States has been 1.5 billion dollars and 25 lost lives . In many ...
Page 302
... landslide is a slump . Slumps were men- tioned earlier with earthflows , with which they are commonly associated . Debris may slump , however , without an earthflow taking place . PREVENTING LANDSLIDES PREVENTING MASS WASTING OF DEBRIS ...
... landslide is a slump . Slumps were men- tioned earlier with earthflows , with which they are commonly associated . Debris may slump , however , without an earthflow taking place . PREVENTING LANDSLIDES PREVENTING MASS WASTING OF DEBRIS ...
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abyssal plains andesite asthenosphere atoms basalt basin beds beneath Benioff zone California Canyon caused chapter chemical weathering composition continental crust continental rise continental slope continents convection converging boundary cooling core craton crystal deep deposited depth dikes diverging boundary drilling earth's crust earth's surface earthquakes erosion eruptions feldspar folds fossils fracture zones gabbro geologists granite gravity heat flow horizontal hot mantle igneous rock isostatic kilometers lava flows lithosphere mafic magma magnetic anomalies mantle rock melting metamorphic rocks meteorites meters mid-oceanic ridge million mountain belt mountain ranges move normal faults occur oceanic crust oceanic trenches Photo plate boundaries plate motion plate tectonics plutonic pressure quake quartz reef regions ridge crest rift valley San Andreas fault sandstone sea floor sea level sediment sedimentary rock seismic waves shale shown in figure silicate soil solidified stress structure subducting plate temperature terrane thick turbidity currents U.S. Geological Survey uplift volcanoes