You will answer some questions about a Tectonic location marked on a map, as well as some questions on its Mass Wasting risk. This shouldn’t be more than 1-2 pages. You must NOT re-write the questions when you answer them.
Secondly, you will submit your document, in a Word or PDF file only, directly onto TURNITINbelow (only here in Canvas). Do not email me your paper or submit elsewhere. This homework must go through the plagiarism tool. Do not submit as a pages or webarchive file (Note: if you have a Mac with Pages, you must turn the Page file into a PDF or a GoogleDoc).
Number 2is the only question that you should develop fully (in paragraph format) – it’s the majority of the 50 points total, as stated in the directions. Please check your notes and write down everything you know about that type of tectonic boundary, once you identify it (particular events are not needed). Here is a link (Links to an external site.) to that PT lecture to refresh your memory. The MW part is based on the many types of mass wasting that I covered in lecture. [So, there were 1 rockfall, 2 types slides, 4 types flows, and coastal erosion/collapse — identify any one of these in each picture.]
This assignment must be numbered-answer format. No other format is accepted. You may answer in bullet form, with all your answers in order and numbered. No2 is many paragraphs.
The report is about the boundary circled.
Questions: If you have questions about these instructions, please put them in Discussions, so that other students can see my answers. Please check it to see if your questions have been answered.
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GEOL 303 – TECTONIC ASSESSMENT REPORT (50 points)
This assignment is due MONDAY, 1 Nov by 6 PM, Pacific time. Please read and follow all these instructions
(often students lose points simply because they don’t follow instructions).
Topic – Application of Plate Tectonics: Plate boundaries and Associated Hazards.
Task – You’re a consultant geologist for a company in San Diego and you’ve been asked to evaluate a particular site
for its natural hazard risk. Your assignment is to answer the questions below and submit them to your supervisor.
From the specific region inside the red circle on the map, answer each question clearly and concisely, IN ORDER,
and NUMBERED. These questions are only about and/or refer to the region circled (which is the land affected by the
line with little triangles). In order to identify this, you must be able to read a tectonic map, like I‘ve done in lecture.
NOTE: Your answer to question 2 below must be rather detailed and complete – about 80% of your paper. It
will be a large portion of your grade. It refers to the earlier Plate Tectonics lectures (mostly), and also
introductory Earthquakes and Volcanoes lectures.
Length – Length of report: minimum 450 words (answers only). A short report means a short grade! Please do not
re-write the questions. Just answer them, numbered, and in order. Do not go too much beyond this limit.
References – You shall not use any references. The report should be written in your own words and should be based
strictly on lecture notes and your own understanding of the subject. Use your own words only — No plagiarizing
allowed. It’s okay, however, to write down any lecture notes verbatim, but plagiarism percent should be no more than
15%-18%.
Submission – You will submit your assignment in Turnitin, in Canvas only, by uploading your Word file – 1 file
only – must be Word (or PDF). Do not email me your paper (under any circumstance, including being late), as it
must go through the plagiarism tool. Do not attach a .pages or .webarchive file.
Note: No late papers accepted at all. Do not wait till last minute, as Turnitin will not process your paper.
NOTE: This map is taken from the (important) 2nd Plate Tectonics lecture.
Numbers on map are velocity of plates in cm per year. Must include units.
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QUESTIONS: From the map above:
1. What type of plate boundary exists here in this circled region? (one-word answer only)
2.
Explain IN GREAT DETAIL the tectonic regime or boundary you think is going on here (i.e., is it continental
rifting, subduction, mid-ocean ridge, hot spot, continental collision, etc.?); Where is it? What types and names
of plates are involved here?
In great detail, tell me ALL you know about this kind of tectonic boundary, based on the multiple lectures on
Tectonics and first part of Earthquakes and of Volcanoes.
3. List any and all natural hazards that you think are possible in this region. List only; Do not explain.
4. What specific plate boundary exists directly southeast of this circled area (type and name)? At what velocity is it
moving? (must include units.)
Your supervisor asked you to investigate this area further in terms of its Mass Wasting hazards. You took a photo
and drew the sketch below, since you felt that populations here were in danger. You know that this was all discussed
in lecture, so you’re ready to tackle these questions below. Each picture is a different hazard. Recall that I discussed
about 8 mass wasting hazard types in lecture. Images very similar to these are discussed in lecture.
5. What is the most clear and obvious mass wasting hazard or type in this photo 1 below? Explain your answer fully,
based on all the evidence that you clearly see, and which I also discussed in lecture. (very short paragraph)
Image 1
weak
sediments
6. And what is the most clear and obvious mass wasting hazard or type in this image 2 below? Explain your answer
fully, based on all the evidence that you clearly see, and which I also discussed in lecture . (very short paragraph)
Photo 2
End of report. Again, do not include the questions.