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Decks in this class (36)

intro to hazards
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14  cards
hazard perception
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4  cards
human response to hazards
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7  cards
earth structure and internal energy sources
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9  cards
plate tectonic theory of crustal evolution
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0  cards
plate margins (destructive, constructive, conservative)
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8  cards
destructive plate margin landform
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3  cards
magma plumes and their relationship to plate movement
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5  cards
forms of volcanic hazard
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7  cards
spatial distribution of volcanic events
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0  cards
randomness, magnitude, frequency, regularity of volcanic hazards
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1  cards
predicability of hazard events
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0  cards
impacts of volcanic hazards
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short term and long term responses to volcanic events
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case study: icelandic eruption 2010 - impacts and human responses
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9  cards
nature of seismicity in relation to plate tectonics
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0  cards
forms of seismic hazards
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0  cards
spatial distribution of seismic events
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0  cards
predictability of hazard events
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0  cards
impacts of seismic hazards
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short term and long term responses to seismic events
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0  cards
case study: Haiti 2010 - impacts and human responses
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20  cards
nature of tropical storms and their underlying causes
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0  cards
forms of storm hazard
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0  cards
spatial distribution of tropical storms
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0  cards
impacts of storm hazards
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0  cards
short term responses to storm events
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1) case study: hurricane sandy
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2) case study: typhoon haiyan
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nature of wildfires and conditions favouring intense wildfires
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0  cards
cause of fire (natural and human)
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0  cards
impacts of fire hazards
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0  cards
short and long term responses to fire hazard events
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0  cards
1) case study
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2) case study
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constructive plate margin landforms
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1  cards

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