April 1st lecture FINAL EXAM IS WORTH 40% Professor goes by Abhi (Obi) like star wars One required textbook Earthquakes science and society lecture will be on additional material not in book but will be guided by materials in the book. take notes (HE SAID IT ALOT!) his lecture slides will not be posted. CH.1 for this lecture Why Learn Earthquakes? Plate Tectonics they are not static they always move. they are moving in a limited space it will cause friction when it moves
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In the massacre of 1989 Tian An men Square. 50000 students took it to the streets on april 29th of Beijing and protested peacefully. On May 4‚ approximately 100‚000 students and workers marched in Beijing making demands for free media reform and a formal dialogue between the authorities and student-elected representatives. The government rejected the proposed dialogue‚ only agreeing to talk to members of appointed student organizations. On May 13‚ large groups of students occupied Tiananmen Square
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Course Title IEQ-05 : Earthquake Geology and Geoinformatics (Dept. of Earthquake Engineering‚ IIT Roorkee) What is an earthquake? An earthquake is the vibration of the earth produced by the quick release of energy. Most often‚ earthquakes are caused by movement along large fractures in the earth’s crust. Such fractures are called faults. The energy that is released radiates in all directions from its origin in the form of waves. These waves are similar to the waves that occur when you drop a
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AN EARTHQUAKE IN AUSTRALIA Australia has a relatively low rate of seismicity due to its location towards the centre of the Indo-Australian Tectonic Plate. Earthquake activity is much higher around the margins of the Indo-Australian Plate‚ for example In places such as Indonesia‚ Papua New Guinea and New Zealand. Nevertheless‚ many historic earthquakes have Occurred in Australia and Geosciences Australia’s database (QUAKES) contains information on tens of thousands Of historic earthquakes in the
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Northridge Earthquake Contents Chapter One Introduction Chapter Two Earthquake Chapter Three Aftermath Chapter Four Conclusion Introduction What makes the Northridge Earthquake so remarkable is that it is one of the few earthquakes that ever really erupted in a suburban area‚ the most money was put into repairs and reconstruction‚ it happened in a place such as America in an area with a huge population and the Earthquake affected many areas of American
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Earthquake Resistant Building Construction - 1 A short Research Paper on Affordable Solution for Earthquake Resistant Building Construction in Haiti by Dawang Sherpa Submitted to Southern Alberta Institute of Technology-SAIT Calgary‚ Alberta February 24‚ 2010 Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Some Concepts on Earthquake Resistant Construction 2.1 2.2 2.3 3.1 Adobe Buildings with Earthquake Resistant Components 3.2 Rice Straw/Wheat Straw Buildings 3.3 Bamboo & Wooden Houses 3.4
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San Juan Bautista was founded on June 24‚ 1797 by father Fermin Lasuen. It was named after john the Baptist. It is located 17 miles north of the city of Salinas in the town of San Juan Bautista‚ 4 miles off U.S. highway 101. The church was destroyed in an earthquake in 1803. The people were sad. They were sad because they had a plan to make it better. Father Arroyo was the first person to make a dictionary for native Americans. It was painted by Thomas Doak. He was a sailor from Boston. He jumped
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San Andreas Fault Zone The San Andreas Fault Zone is located in San Francisco‚ California and is more than 800 miles long and at least 10 miles deep. The San Andreas Fault is the drifting boundary between the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate. It splits California in two from Cape Mendocino to the Mexican border. San Diego‚ Los Angeles and Big Sur are on the Pacific Plate. San Francisco‚ Sacramento and the Sierra Nevada are on the North American Plate. There was an earthquake along
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Joyce Ann S. Ong III-Integrity The Punic Wars were a series of three wars fought between Rome and Carthage from 264 BC to 146 BC. At the time‚ they were probably the largest wars that had ever taken place. The term Punic comes from the Latin word Punicus (or Poenicus)‚ meaning "Carthaginian"‚ with reference to the Carthaginians’ Phoenician ancestry. The main cause of the Punic Wars was the conflict of interests between the existing Carthaginian Empire and the expanding Roman Republic. The Romans
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Market Economy Definition Free Market Economy is an economy ruled by the people‚ not the government. It grants freedom to producers who now only have to make what is needed and wanted‚ not what the government decides is needed and wanted. And the buyers‚ producers‚ and sellers control prices‚ with almost no government interference. Characteristics of market economy In a Free Market Economy‚ the buyers‚ producers‚ and sellers control all prices‚ with very little government interference
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