All Natural Hazards Flashcards
Identify the two types of tectonic crust.
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Oceanic and continental crust
Identify the two types of tectonic crust.
What is a rift valley?
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A long, narrow valley lying between two normal geologic faults. Rift valleys usually form where the Earth’s lithosphere has become thin through extension associated with plate-tectonic processes.
What is a rift valley?
Do volcanoes and earthquakes occur at all plate margins?
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Volcanoes and earthquakes occur at all plate boundaries except at a conservative margin where only earthquakes happen.
Do volcanoes and earthquakes occur at all plate margins?
Give an example of a location where volcanoes occur at a volcanic hot spot.
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Hawaii, Yellowstone and The Deccan Traps.
Give an example of a location where volcanoes occur at a volcanic hot spot.
Identify the type of volcano that form on destructive plate margins
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Composite volcano
Identify the type of volcano that form on destructive plate margins
