ENVR 1104 Study Guide - Volatiles, Base Isolation, Trimline Telephone

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Earth & Environmental Sciences
• Course: ENVR 1104
• Professor: Malcolm D Hill

Document Summary

Shaking- what bad things could that cause: is there a specific cutoff size btwn hazard and. Hazards: subduction zone; causes andocyte volcanoes, people living in subduction zones can cause problems too, transform fault- strike slip- horizontal fault. Hazards: ocean- not a problem, land- potential problem, plates move because: new magma at divergent plate boundaries (ridge push) vs. weight of dense cold oceanic lithosphere at subduction zones ( trench pull , continental drift vs. Catastrophe: a large-scale disaster with economic and human damage. Cyclic events: events that can be predicted based on their recurrence interval. Forecast: predicting that a hazard will occur in a certain area within the next number of years. Fractal: a quality of geologic features when they look the same regardless of size. Insurance: protection from economic troubles after a disaster. Land use planning: redistrict development based on where disasters are likely to occur. Mitigation: preparing for and reducing the damage of a disaster.