EPS C20 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Mendocino Triple Junction, New Madrid Seismic Zone, Prince William Sound
16 Sep 2016
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Ten groups of 30 each, sign up on bcourses starts tomorrow. Each trip will take about 2 hours. Wear sturdy shoes or sneakers, no flip flops. 11am, 3:15pm, 4:15pm: sat, 24 sep. 10am, 12 noon, 3pm, 4pm: sun, 25 sep. Common problem: question 6: correct answer is plate tectonics. Write name of your gsi on answer sheet. Largest eq ever recorded in us m=9. 2, 27 march 1964, prince. Supervolcano blast would blanket us in ash. Part of pacific rim of fire: complex section, subduction = convergent margins, transform = sliding plate margins, spreading = divergent margins. Gulf of california; sea of cortez: pacific plate->
