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      BotEC: The San Andreas Fault's Rate of Movement part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
      Peter Kresan
      Question: The San Andrea is an active fault zone, marked by frequent earthquake activity. The crust southwest of this strike-slip fault (including Los Angeles) is sliding to the northwest relative to the other ...

      Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
      Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
      Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones

      Back-of-the-Envelope Calculations: Energy Released in an Earthquake part of Quantitative Skills:Activity Collection
      Barb Tewksbury, Hamilton College
      Question A magnitude 8.5 earthquake (such as the 1964 Good Friday earthquake in Alaska) releases about 1x1018 joules of energy. The atomic bomb exploded over Hiroshima released about 1.5x1013 joules of energy. How ...

      Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), High School (9-12)
      Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity:Short Activity
      Subject: Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis