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Alaska Earthquakes & Tsunami Presentation
This lecture and associated animations delve in more deeply to the topic of Alaskan earthquakes and tsunami along with their causes and variability. It also draws on EarthScope GPS and seismic data to show how we can study earth processes to better understand Alaskan geohazards. It highlights case study sites of Whittier and Seward during the 1964 Alaska Mag 9.2 earthquake to show how differences in location, topography, and land use can lead to different tsunami experiences in different communities. give a good introduction to tsunami produced by earthquakes and landslides. It includes information on how they are generated and why there can be great variability between tsunami characteristics--even for earthquakes of similar size. The lecture describes tsunami generated by the in particular depth.

Subject: Geoscience, Geology:Tectonics, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Mass Wasting, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Lecture
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), General Public
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Graphs, Vectors and Matrices
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:GPS/GNSS, Data:GPS/GNSS, Seismic
Collection Source: ANGLE

Measure a Changing Volcano
This hands-on demonstration illustrates how GPS can be used to measure the inflation and deflation of a volcano. Volcanoes may inflate when magma rises closer to the surface and deflate when the pressure dissipates or after an eruption.

Subject: Geoscience, Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Volcanism, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Animations/Video, Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity:Demonstration
Grade Level: General Public, Informal, Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), Intermediate (3-5)
Quantitative Skills: Gathering Data
Collection Source: ANGLE, EarthScope

Alaskan Volcanoes & Hazards Presentation
This lecture and associated animations give a basic introduction to Alaskan volcanoes, volcanic hazards, and volcano monitoring.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Volcanism, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Engineering, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards
Resource Type: Lecture, Audio/Visual:Animations/Video
Grade Level: General Public, Middle (6-8), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
Quantitative Skills: Arithmetic/Computation, Graphs, Vectors and Matrices
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS, Data:Seismic
Collection Source: ANGLE

Field Trip Guide: The 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunami--Consequences of Living on the Leading Edge in Alaska
This is a guide to a field trip that visits sites in Anchorage, Girdwood, and Whittier Alaska. The focus of the trip is the understand the science and societal impacts of the 1964 Alaska Mag 9.2 earthquake as well as the ongoing EarthScope research on geohazards to help us better plan for future events. Participants practice a tsunami evacuation walk as way to foster discussion of preparedness actions and challenges.

Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Coastal Hazards:Tsunami, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Mass Wasting, Earthquakes, Geoscience, Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Geoscience:Oceanography:Marine Hazards, Engineering
Resource Type: Audio/Visual:Maps, Images/Illustrations, Lecture
Grade Level: High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14), Informal, General Public
Quantitative Skills: Graphs
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Data:GPS/GNSS, Geophysics GPS/GNSS
Collection Source: ANGLE