Exam 13: Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanism

The phrase "considerable-to-serious damage to buildings" would be used in the ________ scale.

Whereas mountains occur on every continent, depressions (basins) only occur in Asia and Africa.

Prior to the invention of seismometers, damage to terrain and structures and severity of shaking were used to assess an earthquakes size.

________ applies to upward-faulted blocks, whereas ________ applies to downward-faulted blocks.

Amplitude is the height of a seismic wave and is directly related to the amount of ground movement.

Modern technologies, such as GPS, LiDAR, and radar are important tools for studying the Earth's topography.

Normal faults are associated with

Terranes refer to the topography of a tract of land.

The general term used to describes subducted oceanic crusts that incorporates seawater and sediments is

An instrument used to record vibrations in the crust is the

Describe the creative forces and typical characteristics of the three major types of faults.

Increased seismicity in Colorado, New Mexico, and Oklahoma has been linked to

Orogenesis refers to

The Earth's landscapes are generalized to 12 topographic regions, each defined based on specific, statistical criteria.

Explosive eruptions tend to build up

The concept of "orders of relief" refers to

Discuss why short term predictions of earthquakes are not yet entirely reliable, while volcanoes are more easily predicted.

The presence of grabens and horsts indicates the occurrence of

Scientists have been able to accurately forecast earthquakes for approximately a decade.

The variety of surface features on Earth results from