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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

GPS Velocity Viewer
This interactive tool allows users to see GPS/GNSS-measured crustal motions around the globe in a wide range of reference frames. The default view shows horizontal motions in the North American reference frame but users can choose to add vertical motions, earthquakes epicenters, plate boundaries, volcanic centers, or other reference frames. The tool can also be used as an interface to learn GPS/GNSS station names and download time series data.

Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy, Geoscience, Geology:Tectonics, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards, Natural Hazards:Volcanism
Resource Type: Datasets and Tools:Datasets with Tools
Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), Middle (6-8), High School (9-12), College Lower (13-14)
Quantitative Skills: Vectors and Matrices
EarthScope Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data: Geophysics Data:GPS/GNSS, Data:GPS/GNSS
Collection Source: 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