Tectonics Flashcards
(30 cards)
Mt Merapi date
25th Oct 2010
Port-au-Prince date
13th Jan 2010
Eyjafjallajokull date
April-May 2010
Mt Etna date
2002-2003
Kobe date
17th Jan 1995
Sendai date
11th March 2011
Mt Merapi event
LEDC volcanic eruption
Port-au-Prince event
LEDC earthquake
Eyjafjallajokull event
MEDC volcanic eruption
Mt Etna event
MEDC volcanic eruption
Kobe event
MEDC earthquake
Sendai event
MEDC earthquake and tsunami
Mt Merapi location
Java, Indonesia
Pacific under Indo-Australian (RoF)
Port-au-Prince location
Haiti (P-a-P CBD)
Caribbean and North American conservative
Eyjafjallajokull location
Iceland
Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Mt Etna location
Sicily (Italian Island)
African under Eurasian
Kobe location
Japan
Nojima faultline (Kobe CBD)
Sendai location
Japan
Subduction in Pacific Ocean
Mt Merapi details
Lava dome deformation preceded pyroclastic eruption
Was basaltic, turned andesitic (increased threat)
Port-au-Prince details
7.0 richter
Shallow focus
Eyjafjallajokull details
Super-phreatic continuous eruption
Mt Etna details
Basaltic
Kobe details
7.2 richter
Shallow focus
Destructive collision
Sendai details
9.0 richter megathrust