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| Safest material for houses in an earthquake zone |
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| Site of the first break in rock |
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| In an earthquake, the cause of damage to tall buildings |
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| Position on the surface directly above the break |
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| Result of energy deforming the surface |
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| Large high energy wave passing through deep water |
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| Scale which measures magnitude |
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| First consequences of a gas leak |
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| Paper-trace of earth movement |
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| Kind of wave where particles move perpendicular to the direction of dispersal of energy |
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| Mass wasting event underneath the ocean |
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| Break in rock across which there is NO movement |
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| Site of most deep focus earthquakes |
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| Scale based on relative damage to human structures |
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| Caused the most damage in the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake |
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| Type of wave which causes the most damage |
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| Break in rock across which movement occurs |
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| Geologists who study earthquakes |
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| Site of the largest measured earthquake in the U.S. |
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| Site of the largest earthquake in North America |
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| Damaged by differential movement |
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| Down-slope movement of regolith |
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| Cause of over 2,000 earthquakes in central U.S. |
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| Organism which predicts earthquake activity fastest |
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| Plunging zone of earthquake activity |
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| Best use for area challenged by a geologic hazard |
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| Result from earthquakes through saturated sediments |
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| Type of wave which travels the fastest |
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| Sediment with greatest permeability |
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| Limestone where air is blown in by turbulence |
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| Surface expression of collapsed cavern |
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| Where aquicludes occur between surface and water table |
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| Spires formed from top of cavern |
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| Spires formed on the floor of a cavern |
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| Primary use of groundwater |
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| Zone where pores are at least partially filled with air |
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| Water that flows to the sea beneath the land surface |
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| Surface Vacuum Extraction |
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| The potential to transmit water |
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| River system where water flows from groundwater to river |
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| Saltwater flowing into cone of depression |
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| Water table depression by over-use |
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| Mineral which forms cave landforms |
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| Source of heat for gysers |
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| Zone where all pores are filled with water |
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| Light None Aqueous Phase Liquid |
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| The percentage of rock volume taken up by pores |
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| Water trapped in pore spaces by adhesion to grains |
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| Groundwater system where rain can infiltrate |
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| Pushing water into dissolved phase to volatize gasoline |
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| Zone where water enters confined water table |
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| Type of motion which causes most damage to infrastructure |
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| What happens when ground surface cuts water table |
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| Liquid pure gasoline on water |
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| Name for direction of movement of groundwater |
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| Confined water which reaches the surface |
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| The amount of water transmitted by soils |
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| Igneous rock with very low porosity |
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| Flat lying limestone on cave floor |
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| Super-heated water reaching the surface |
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| Response of water table to over-use |
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| Water table above regional water table |
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| Aquifer which is easiest to pollute |
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| Soils which allow water to pass freely |
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| Underground storage which leaks |
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| 2-Dimensional surface which separates the vadose and the saturated zone |
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| Soils which do NOT allow water to pass |
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| Controlling factor in the flow of water beneath the surface |
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| Spreading groundwater out for plants |
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| Introduction of anything which decreases life |
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