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chap. 9 & 10

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geyser   show
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show pool of heated water  
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show heat source water plumbing system  
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show trembling of earth caused by energy released when slip occurs on fault plane  
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sintercone   show
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Mammoth Hot Springs Terrace   show
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triangulation method   show
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seismic waves   show
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show area in the basin of the pacific ocean where a lot of earthquakes and volcano eruptions occur  
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show study of earthquakes  
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where are earthquakes most common?   show
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show volcanoes and earthquakes which create tsunamis  
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show actual location of slippage, shallow more damage  
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epicenter   show
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show logarithmic scale of 0-10 used to determine magnitude of earthquake  
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differential erosion   show
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uplands   show
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show non-resistant rocks form valleys  
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strike   show
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show angle between rock plane and horizontal plane  
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show compass direction  
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dip=   show
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drainage networks   show
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dendritic   show
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show ridge and valley topography, rivers controlled by bedrock  
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show rivers flow down a mountain in all directions  
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caprock   show
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show large flat surface capped by resistant rock w/@ least one steep side  
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mesa   show
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show smaller but also flat surface bounded on all sides by steep cliffs  
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show if width is greater than height it's a mesa if height is greater than width its a butte  
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cuesta lowland topography   show
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show uplift of igneous rock where erosion removes sedimentary rock and creates sharp crest  
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hogback   show
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show created by fold belts often with uniform patterns trellis drainage  
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metamorphic belts   show
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show isolated projections of igneous rock surrounded by an eroded plain  
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neck   show
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dike   show
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chemical weathering   show
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show rocks are fractured and broken  
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show -water seeps into joints and fractures freezes and expands -joint block seperation crack gets bigger each time freezes - granular disintegration, smaller scale joint block  
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talus cone   show
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show evaporation results in precipitation of salt crystals grain by brain disintegration of rocks creates rock shelters  
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unloading   show
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show created by unloading of the rock with it sheeting off by layer  
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show rust- transforming existing minerals into oxides  
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show transformation of existing minerals by contact with water  
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carbonation   show
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show downhill movement of soil, regolith, or rock under influence of gravity  
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show partially weathered bed rock  
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residual regolith   show
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show alluvium and colluvium  
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show moved by water  
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colluvium   show
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soil creep   show
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show relatively slow downhill movement of saturated sediments  
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mudflow   show
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lahars   show
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show rapid downhill movement of water saturated debris with more water than mudflow  
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landslide   show
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show earthquakes, heavy rains, over steepening, volcanic eruptions, unstable structures  
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show undercuting slopes by building highways, piling up debris, deforestation  
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