Sunday, April 3, 2016

UPD Geol 1/ Geol 11 Earthquake Readings

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 This chapter is all about earthquakes. An earthquake is the vibration of the earth made by the rapid release of energy. The force radiates from its source, the focus, in the form of waves. Other concepts included are earthquakes and faults, discovering the cause of earthquakes, foreshocks and aftershocks, magnitude scales, damages from earthquakes, probing the earth's interior.


UPD Geol 1/ Geol 11 Crust Deformation Readings


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This is about structural geology, featuring concepts of crust deformation. Structural geology involves the study of how the earth got this way and is a study of the earth's architecture. 

Deformation involves the concepts force and stress, types of stress, how rocks deform, strikes and dips, folds, dip slip faults, strike slip faults, and joints. 

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