3030 Quakewatch Report Model PDF

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Living with Quakes Quakewatch project example model. A guide to show how the report should look like....

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Student!Name! GEO!3030! Date!

Written!report!format.! ! The! entire! report! should! be! organized! in! the! sequence! shown! in! the! grading! Rubric.!!All!the!instructions!must!be!followed!exactly:!Text Text Text:!length!=!5!to!7!pages!of! text,! 12-point! Times!New! Roman! font,! double! spaced,! 1”! margins,! section! headings,! pages! numbers.! ! Figures Figures:! ! placed! after! the! text,! each! figure! on! a! separate! page,! numbered,! caption! at! foot! of! figure.! ! Tables Tables:! placed! after! the! figures! in! numerical! order;! each! table! on! a! separate! page,! table! number,! caption! (not! title)! at! head! of! table,! axes! labeled.! ! References References:! place! references! at! the! end! of! the! text,! and! each! table!or!figures,!respectively.!!Review!the!grading!rubric!to!see!how!the!project!will! be! graded,! and! that! you! have! completed! all! the! parts.! ! Print! (Save! As)! all! your! materials!individually!(text,!tables!and!figures)!as!‘.pdf’!files.!!Then,!combine!all!your! ‘.pdf’!files!into!one!file!for!submission.!

Write!a!report!(Section!I)! Interpret!your!map!and!graphs!in!a!plateBtectonic!context.! ! w฀!A! discussion! of! which! plateDtectonic! boundaries! are! best! defined! by! the! earthquake!

data! you! collected! this! semester,! which! are! less! wellDdefined,! which! plate! tectonic! settings! experienced! the! greatest! number! of! earthquakes.! ! Describe! any! correlation! you!can!find!between!size!of!earthquakes!and!plateDtectonic!setting.!!In!other!words,! are!there!settings!that!appear!to!generate!larger!earthquakes?!!Deeper!earthquakes?!! More!damaging!earthquakes?! ! w฀!A!discussion!of!the!implications!of!your!bar!graphs.! ! w฀!A! discussion! of! whether! you! think! your! results! represent! the! longDterm! pattern! of!

tectonic!events,!i.e.,!how!might!your!results!differ!if!they!had!been!compiled!over!10! years?!10,000!years?!10!million!years?! ! w฀!A!discussion!of!how!the!data!you!tabulated!might!be!biased,!i.e.,!are!there!certain!types!

of! seismic! activity! might! have! occurred! this! semester,! but! did! not! appear! in! your! sources! of! data! for! some! reason?! ! Is! there! a! setting! in! which! earthquakes! regularly! occur,!but!often!go!unmonitored?!!Consider!all!sources!of!bias,!clearly!explaining!the! nature!of!the!bias!(See!Glossary!for!a!definition!of!the!word!‘bias’).! !You! should! also! make!an!assessment!as!to!how!benign! (insignificant)!or!severe! (important)! the!bias! might!be.! ! w฀! Take2your2paper2to2the2next2level2and2earn2a2higher2grade2by!further!examination!

of!your!data!to!gain!additional!insights!about!the!worldwide!distribution!of! earthquakes.!!Devise!a!testable!hypothesis,!of!your!creation,!about!earthquake! distribution!around!the!world!(in!space!or!time)!that!can!be!tested!with!the!data!that! you!have!assembled!in!your!list!of!earthquakes!and!plotted!on!your!map.!!Topics!you! might!pursue!include:!earthquake!clusters,!seismic!gaps,!depth!profiles,!time! sequences,!proximity!to!large!cities,!etc,!use!your!imagination.!!You!are!strongly! encouraged!to!develop!your!own!ideas!and!to!follow!them!up.!!State!your!hypothesis! and!present!the!supporting!evidence!in!new!tables!and!graphs!of!your!creation!to!earn! the!highest!possible!grade!(See!Rubric).! ! *! Additional!examples!are!provided!in!HOW2TO2GET2A2GOOD2GRADE!ON!YOUR!GEO!3030! QUAKEWATCH!PROJECT.!!!Be!sure!you!read!it.!

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Write!a!report!(Section!II)! Describe!one!of!the!damaging!earthquakes!this!semester.!!If!you!prefer,!you! may!select!one!historical!earthquake!(nonDU.S.A.!earthquake)!to!describe.! ! w฀!Describe!the!physical!aspects!of!the!earthquake!(e.g.,!physical!location,!country,!plate!

tectonic!and!geological!setting!of!the!earthquake).! w฀!Describe!the!factors!that!exacerbated!(made!worse)!the!damage!and!recovery!or!that!

mitigated! (lessened)! the! potential! damage! and! recovery! from! the! event! (e.g.,! population!distribution,!time!of! day,!season,!regional!climate,! types!of!buildings!and! other!infrastructure,!economic,!social,!and!political!factors).! !

w฀!Address! the! societal! impacts! if! the! earthquake,! both! short! and! long! term.! ! You2 will2

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Number of earthquakes

! ! ! ! 160 ! ! 140 ! ! 120 ! ! 100 ! ! 80 ! ! 60 ! ! 40 ! ! 20 ! ! 0 ! 5.0-5.9 6.0-6.9 ! Earthquake ! ! Figure!2.!!Histogram!showing!.!.!.!!(Date!range)! ! ! !

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! Table!1.!Earthquakes!occurring!(Date!Range),!(Magnitude!Range),!(Depth!Range! Key)! ! TABLE!1.!TITLE!.!.!.! EQ#! Date! Mag! Depth! ! ! ! (Mw)! (Km)! ! ! ! ! !

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8/24/15! 6.8!

50!

Long.!

Lat.!

(°W,!°E)! (°S,!°N)! (!D!,!+!)! (!D!,!+!)! D178.1!

D4.2!

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Tectonic!

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Setting! SZ*!

New!Zealand!

SZ!

! *SZ! (Subduction! Zone),! TF! (Transform! Fault),! MOR! (MidDOcean! Ridge),! IP! (Intraplate),! CCZ! (Cont.!Collision!zone)! References!

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! ! Table!2.!Damaging!Earthquakes!(Date!Range)! ! Table!2.!!Title!.!.!.! ! EQ!#57! M!7.3,! Northern!Pakistan,!9/9/2009.!!CCZ!earthquake!killed!55,000;! 60,000!injured;!200,000!buildings!destroyed;!1,500,000! homeless.!!Major!landslides;!roads!blocked.! ! EQ!#124! M!6.2! Java!(Indonesia),!9/23/2009.!SZ!earthquake!killed!6,!47!injured,! buildings!damaged!in!14!villages;!400!homeless.! ! References:!

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