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Contrasting Mass Movements
This revision and study page provides a detailed account of two contrasting mass movements, namely the Mocia Landlside in Columbiia in 2017 and the Guinsaugnon landlside in the Philippines in 2006. Two contemporary...
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Contrasting Earthquakes
This revision and study page provides a detailed account of two contrasting earthquakes, namely the Haiti Earthquake of 2010 and the Sulawesi earthquake of 2019. Two contemporary contrasting case studies...
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Unit 3 - Hazard Risk and Vulnerability
This online book is to be used to support students studying Option D - Geophysical Hazards. It includes content and guidance in line with Unit 3 - Hazard Risk and Vulnerability. It includes text on relevant...
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Geographic Factors Influencing Impacts
This revision and study page looks at the the local geographic factors that influence the impacts of hazards. These include location factors and timing of the event. The page uses a good number illustrative...
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Hazard Risk and Human Factors
This revision and study page looks at the human process including economic development, social factors and demographic factors that influence the level of hazard risk in a place. Geophysical hazard risk...
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Distribution Patterns, Magnnitude and Recurrence
This revision and study page looks at the distribution of volcanoes, earthquakes and mass movements. It also examines the magnitude of these events and the usefulness of recurrence intervals for assessing...
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Unit 2 - Geophysical Hazard Risk
This online book is to be used to support students studying Option D - Geophysical Hazards. It includes content and guidance in line with Unit 2 - Geophysical Hazard Risk. It includes text on relevant...
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Mass Movements
This revision and study page looks at the causes and classification of different types of mass movement and their characteristics, including liquidity, speed of onset, duration extent and frequency Classification...
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Volanoes and Associated Hazards
This revision and study page provides in-depth knowledge of different types of volcanoes and eruptions including the variety of primary and secondary hazards associated with them Characteristics of volcanoes...
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Plate Movement
This revision and study page provides in-depth knowledge and insights into how plates move including internal heating, convection, mantle plumes, subduction and rifting mechanisms. Mechanisms of plate...