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| 17. Earthquakes and Other Earth Hazards (2)
Lecture - 2 hours. The impact of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides and floods on Man, his structures and his environment. Discussion of the causes, effects, and solution of geologic problems in rural and urban settings. |
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| photo: San Andreas Fault in the Carrizo Plain. The 1,200-kilometer (800-mile) San Andreas is the longest fault in California and one of the longest in North America. This perspective view of a portion of the fault was generated using data from the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM), which flew on NASA's Space Shuttle last February, and an enhanced, true- color Landsat satellite image. credit: NASA/JPL/NIMA | |||||||||||
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