Slide 1Engineering the Geological Chaos of Franciscan and Other Bimrocks Edmund Medley, PhD, PE, CEG, F.ASCE Session 12: Melanges, Mixed Materials and Chaotic Rocks ARMA…
Slide 1Earthquakes HOW AND WHERE EARTHQUAKES HAPPEN Slide 2 Why Earthquakes Happen? Rocks along faults pressed tightly together. Rocks along faults pressed tightly together.…
1. Earthquakes 2. What is an earthquake? The shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock between the Earth’s surface. 3. Fault A break in Earth’s crust…
Slide 1 Earthquakes Slide 2 An Earthquake is… the shaking and trembling that results from the movement of rock beneath Earth's surface The movement of Earth's…
Slide 1 Folds and Faults Supplemental Review and Exercises This is a plunging anticline Slide 2 Deformation of Rocks When rocks have been deformed, folding or faulting may…
Slide 1 TOPIC 2: How does the challenge of predicting hazards differ between earthquakes - at plate boundaries -In plate boundary zones -within plates? Slide 2 Earthquake…
Slide 1 UseIT Tutorial # 3 Earthquakes in the Southern California Fault System Tom Jordan June 16, 2011 Slide 2 Slide 3 Three Types of Plate Boundary Transform Fault lateral…
Slide 1 Earthquakes Slide 2 Types of Stress Stress: a force that acts on rock to change its shape or volume. – Because stress is a force, it adds energy to the rock. The…