INTRODUCTION The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake was an undersea mega thrust earthquake that occurred at 00:58:53 UTC on Sunday‚ December 26‚ 2004‚ with an epicentre off the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.[3][4] The resulting tsunami is given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ Asian Tsunami‚ Indonesian Tsunami. CAUSES The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating
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counterparts in male dominated societies. The woman in a matrilineal society represents the clan and her children carry on the name of her clan. [pic][pic][pic][pic] Land Inheritance and Schooling in Matrilineal Societies: Evidence from Sumatra - Agnes R. Quisumbing‚ and Keijiro Otsuka Abstract: This
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Im guessing and hoping everyone has probably heard this saying hundreds of times before. Either by friends‚ parents‚ or other relatives. Now as cliche as that may sound‚ and probably the hundred more times more you are going to hear this‚ the fact of the matter is it is true. Now im sure‚ everyone in this has thought about the end of the world and whether or not the end is near? From the issue of global warming‚ it being mentioned in religious texts‚ to the conspiracy theory of huge asteroids
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Of all the naturally occurring events on Earth‚ earthquakes are among the most devastating and bring a lot of truth to the statement‚ “Just because something is natural does not mean it is not dangerous.” Earthquakes are one of the most natural things I can think of that can cause massive damage and loss of human live in many instances‚ and the effects are sometimes long term. “Nothing happens without a force. Many geophysicists accept the theory that continents move as a result of the forces
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hiiiLava domes are built by slow eruptions of highly viscous lavas. They are sometimes formed within the crater of a previous volcanic eruption (as in Mount Saint Helens)‚ but can also form independently‚ as in the case of Lassen Peak. Like stratovolcanoes‚ they can produce violent‚ explosive eruptions‚ but their lavas generally do not flow far from the originating vent. Cryptodomes Cryptodomes are formed when viscous lava forces its way up and causes a bulge. The 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
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blasted their way into small island nations. The Muslims previously dominated the spice routes‚ Buddah came to China on white elephant‚ Jesus came in on Canon Balls. By commandeering and imperialistically taking over they gave Christ a bad name. Sumatra had Pepper Spice Islands – Banda (Malacca Islands) Nutmeg‚ Mace and Cloves the trinity of spices. Nutmeg and Mace come from the same plant. Why were these spices so valuable? Bland‚ cover up spoilage... Europeans believed nutmeg was : *
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demonstrated this ancient truth. William Rees-Mogg INTRODUCTION 1. On the morning of December 26‚ 2004 a magnitude 9.3 earthquake struck off the Northwest coast of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The earthquake resulted from complex slip on the fault where the oceanic portion of the Indian Plate slides under Sumatra‚ part of the Eurasian Plate. The earthquake deformed the ocean floor‚ pushing the overlying water up into a tsunami wave. The tsunami wave devastated nearby areas where the wave may have
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starting in June 2013. On 19 June 2013 satellites captured images of smoke from illegal wildfires on the Indonesian island of Sumatra blowing east toward southern Malaysia and Singapore‚ causing thick clouds of haze in the region. As stated by a local Indonesian official‚ the source of the haze might be a 3‚000 hectare peat land in Bengkalis Regency‚ Riau Province‚ which was set ablaze by an unknown party on 9 June. As many as 187 hotspots were picked up by satellites on 18 June 2013‚ down to 85
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Peter Pugh 4/2714 NOEA Misinterpreting The Act of Killing: Why Joshua Oppenheimer’s Demands Lack Contextualization “‘War crimes’ are defined by winners. I’m a winner. So I can make my own definition.” -Adi Zulkadry (A mass murderer
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Indonesia - The Troubled Giant Indonesia is a vast country. Its 220 million people are spread out over some 17‚000 islands that span an arc 3‚200 miles long from Sumatra in the west to Irian Jaya in the east. It is the world’s most populous Muslim nation - some 85 percent of the population count themselves as Muslims -but also one of the most ethnically diverse. More than 500 languages are spoken in the country‚ and separatists are active in a number of provinces. For 30 years this sprawling
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