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    College Upper (15-16)
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    Physics > Oscillations & Waves

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    Unit 3: How to see an earthquake from space (InSAR) part of Imaging Active Tectonics
    Bruce Douglas, Indiana University-Bloomington; Gareth Funning, University of California-Riverside
    How can we tell what style of faulting was responsible for a particular earthquake? Especially in cases where there is limited instrumentation in a region, or where geologists have difficulty accessing the affected ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16)
    Resource Type: Activities: Course Module, Activities
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Stress/Strain/Strain Analysis, Regional Structural/Tectonic Activity, Folds/Faults/Ductile Shear Zones, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Seismology, Geography:Geospatial, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodynamics, Geoscience:Geology:Structural Geology:Geophysics and Structural Geology, Geoscience:Geology:Geomorphology:Landforms/Processes, Environmental Science:Natural Hazards:Earthquakes, Physics:Oscillations & Waves:Instruments, Geoscience:Geology:Tectonics, Geomorphology:Geomorphology as applied to other disciplines, Landscape Evolution, Tectonic Geomorphology, Geography:Physical, Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Geodesy
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    Unit 1: What Is Ground-Penetrating Radar? part of Forensic Geophysics Using Ground Penetrating Radar
    Sarah Kruse, University of South Florida, skruse@usf.edu Christine Downs, University of South Florida, christinemdowns1@gmail.com Download a ZIP file of this Unit
    This unit introduces the concepts behind ground-penetrating radar (GPR) through a comparison to medical imaging, building on what students may already know or be familiar with. The concepts are then extended to ...

    Grade Level: College Upper (15-16), College Lower (13-14), College Introductory
    Resource Type: Activities: Activities:Classroom Activity
    Subject: Geoscience:Geology:Geophysics:Exploration Methods:Ground Penetrating Radar, Physics:Oscillations & Waves:Wave Motion, Physics:Other Sciences:Environmental Science, Environmental Science