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Tectonics, Earthquakes, and Volcanism
Objectives
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After reading Chapter 12, you should be able to:
- Describe first, second, and third orders of relief and relate examples of each from the Earth's major topographic regions.
- Describe the several origins of continental crust and define displaced terranes.
- Explain compressional processes and folding, and describe four principle types of faults and their characteristic landforms.
- Relate the three types of plate collisions associated with orogenesis and identify specific examples of each.
- Explain the nature of earthquakes, their measurement, and the nature of faulting.
- Distinguish between an effusive and explosive volcanic eruption and describe related landforms, using specific examples.
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