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Result

of damage sustained during the

Sylmar Quake (1971)
Prevents structures (of human
occupancy) from being built atop active
faults
Why?
Allows

grandfathered structures
Only applies to known faults
Northridge Earthquake?

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Zonal

Distance from your lab?

How to determine an active fault?
Cross sectional diagrams
Cross cutting relationships
This

Law is ever
changing and is being
updated
Update reviews are
occurring now

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Natural

Disasters vs. Natural Hazards

What are they?
Energy

Types and where from?

Consider

Seasons
Water cycle

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Lows

and Highs, what determines them

Thunderstorms (stages)
Tornadoes (formation)
Radar depictions
Classification
Safety

(terms)

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Flood

water movement

terms
What

is a watershed
Water energy
Flood stage
Flash floods
Interval of recurrence

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Know

Plate Tectonics

Driving forces
Earth interior
x Crustal components
Boundaries

Not just how they work but where they occur

(generally)
Evidence

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Know

faults
Strain types (also stresses)
Fault types and movement
How to tell, (block diagrams)
Earthquake

terminology

Magnitudes
Scales
Seismic Waves

(the two types)

Be able to calculate magnitude and
location

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Other

fault/earthquake related
material

Know

how/why tsunami occur and travel

Wave terms
Calculate velocity...

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Case

studies are to be understood, but

the specifics are not important
Know diagrams (be able to reproduce or
recognize and explain them)
Be able to reproduce calculations
(lecture and exercise)
Be able to do exercises
75

multiple choice + several short answer,

diagram, definitions

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Bring

a scantron, pencils, eraser, scratch

paper, ruler, compass (circle drawing
apparatus), and a calculator.

Have

a great
weekend!