The Causes of Tectonic Activity and Hazards
Tectonic hazards pose considerable risk to human populations and as such they are an important area of geographical enquiry. A crucial part of probing below the surface is to understand the physical processes which produce the range of tectonic hazards, and the ways in which they interact with human activity to produce a hazard. In your research you will need to develop case studies around real earthquakes, volcanoes and tsunamis which have taken place since 2004 in at least two places at different levels of economic development.
Hazard Profiles
Tectonic hazards can be analysed using the concept of event profiles which cover 5 main areas:
- magnitude.
- frequency.
- predictability.
- duration.
- speed of onset.
These are a powerful set of tools to analyse some aspects of contrasting hazards.
- magnitude.
- frequency.
- predictability.
- duration.
- speed of onset.
These are a powerful set of tools to analyse some aspects of contrasting hazards.
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