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Geography 101
Earth Science
Winter, 2004
Study Guide for Exam #2
Earthquakes and Plate Tectonic
focus
epicenter
Richter Scale
faults
seismology
surface waves
body waves
P waves
S waves
tsunami
continental drift
lithosphere
seafloor spreading
mid-ocean ridge
divergent plate boundaries
convergent plate boundaries
transform plate boundaries
subduction zone
volcanic island arc
continental volcanic arc
Pangaea
Volcanoes and Mountain Building
Mount. St. Helens
Mauna Loa
viscosity
silica content
lahar
pahoehoe
aa
folded mountains
upwarped mountains
fault-block mountains
Rocky Mountains
Appalachian Mountains
Canadian Shield
shield volcano
cinder cone
composite cone
dip-slip fault
normal fault
reverse fault
strike-slip fault
elastic deformation
horst
plastic deformation
graben
folds
San Andreas Fault
dome
basin
anticline
syncline
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