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Volcanic dome composed of rhyolite and rhyodacite
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Rhyolite Dome
Natural Disasters
Form as sediment is deposited in the slower waters on the inside of the meander bends
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Form as sediment is deposited in the slower waters on the inside of the meander bends
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Point bar
The number peaks per second
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The number peaks per second
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Frequency
Record local and very strong earthquakes
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Record local and very strong earthquakes
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Strong-motion Seismograph
A measure of the total energy expended during an earthquake; depends on its seismic moment determined by: rock shear strength, area of rock, average slip distance offset across the
Question
A measure of the total energy expended during an earthquake; depends on its seismic moment determined by: rock shear strength, area of rock, average slip distance offset across the
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Moment Magnitude
A landslide in which the mass rotates as it slides on a basal slip surface
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A landslide in which the mass rotates as it slides on a basal slip surface
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Rotational Slide
Blocky basalt lava with a ragged clinkery surface
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Blocky basalt lava with a ragged clinkery surface
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Aa Flow
Karst-like landscape in permafrost terrain caused by melting of thermofrost under increasing temperatures
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Karst-like landscape in permafrost terrain caused by melting of thermofrost under increasing temperatures
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Thermokarst
Flat-topped volcano formed by an eruption under a glacier
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Flat-topped volcano formed by an eruption under a glacier
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Tuya
Molten rock
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Molten rock
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Magma