EPSC 185- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 83 pages long!)

• School: McGill University
• Department: Earth & Planetary Sciences
• Course: EPSC 185
• Professor: John Stix

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2004, japan 2011, kamchatka 1952) **** all good topics for term papers -> associated phenomena with these earthquakes: all of these have generates tsunamis as well. Area in which there is a lot of heating taking place the warming of the surrounding air is related to the phenomena of thunderstorms. This is because the land areas along the coastline are very low (only 1-2 metres above sea level: in terms of loss of life, all of the largest impact of hurricanes has been in asia. Economic impacts: the most obvious economic impact is the rebuilding of damaged infrastructure, however, other cots are less considered that include: the cost of evacuation the impact of energy production the cost of severe coastal erosion. The saffir-simpson intensity scale: categorized storms from 1-5, level 5 hurricanes actually hitting land is very rare (everything is totally flattened by hurricane) Katrina water temp was 4 degree change in temperature)