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Geol 118
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Geology
Undergraduate 1
02/21/2012

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San Francisco
Definition
7.1 60 dead, 6billion damages
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Northridge CA
Definition
6.8 60 dead 13 billion
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Kobe Japan
Definition
6.9 more than 5000 deaths $400 billion
Term
Sumatra Indonesia
Definition
9.0 more than 280,000 deaths, Tsunami
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New Madrid, Missouri
Definition
8.0, little damage because of low population
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Anchorage
Definition
9.0 Tsunami, huge liquification, low deaths/low damage
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Nevado del Ruiz
Definition
In columbia, 1985, erupted, killed 21000
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Nevado del Ruiz
Definition
In columbia, 1985, erupted, killed 21000
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light igneous
Definition
silicic

examples, granite (coarse grained
Rhyolite (fine grained)
Term
medium lgneous
Definition
Diorite (coarse)

Andesite (fine)
Term
Dark Igneous
Definition
Mafic

examples

Gabbro (coarse)

Basalt (fine)
Term
Conglomerate
Definition
Course grained sedimentary rock
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Limestone
Definition
comp- calcite (CaCO3)
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Dolomite
Definition
Dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2)
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speed of earthquake waves
Definition
P then S then surface

(fastest to slowest)
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