Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques 2013, Volume 1, Issue 1, Pages: 46-55 Enviro. Treat. Tech. ISSN: 2309-1185 Journal web link: http://www.jett.dormaj.com Taming the Monster - Attabad Landslide Dam Fiaz Hussain Shah, Arshad Ali*, Muhammad Naseem Baig National University of Sciences and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan Received: 06/08/2013 Accepted:28/08/2013 Published: 08/09/2013 Abstract Hindukash - Karakoram - Himalayan (HKH) is a hazard prone region where triggering of
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HOW DAGUPAN CITY GOT ITS NAME In 1583, Bacnotan (or what is now known Dagupan) was said to be a marshland thickly covered with mangrove and nipa palm trees. Natives lived along the shoreline and riverbanks. Before the arrival of Spaniards in 16th century, Lingayen Gulf was already a prosperous place visited by traders from various Asian countries. The natives also had experience with pirates from Japan and China, and one of this is Lim Feng or Lim A-hong, a Chinese corsair who was later known
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January 2011 Plate Tectonics and Associated Hazards (25 marks) a) The Philippines are located on the Philippine plate which is largely involved in the tectonic activity of the Pacific Ring of fire where you can find volcanoes and earthquakes which are two primary tectonic hazards, this is due to its location and the fact that numerous trenches are a strong piece of evidence to the presence of the sub-duction of tectonic plates. This makes me think that there is a strong degree to which this
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Hope for Haiti? On January 12th, 2010, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck ten miles from Haiti’s capital Port-au-Prince, plummeting the already poorest country in the Western Hemisphere completely to the ground (Huttes 1). The Earth shook violently for 35 seconds, “walls rippled as if they were made of liquid,” and Haitians ran out onto the streets screaming, thinking the rapture had arrived (Woolley 41). Within days, millions of dollars of foreign aid flowed into Haiti, but every day remained a
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| MANAGEMENT | COURSE : Diploma in Business Administration | CODE : MGTG2001\V0Rea7LECTURER : MR. Tham Poh Weng | MEMBERS : Ngui Meei Yann Chan Wei Jie Choo Yan Ling Leong Hui Ling Lin Bin Hui | | | | | Objective By analyzing TEPCO as the organization which facing a crisis recently, given us a chance to Study their strengths and weakness and how we are going to assist them in the
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October 9, 2006, the North Korean government issued an announcement that it had successfully conducted a nuclear test for the first time. Both the United States Geological Survey and Japanese seismological authorities detected an earthquake with a preliminary estimated magnitude of 4.2 in North Korea, corroborating some aspects of the North Korean claims (NPS Global). In April 2009 International Atomic Energy Agency director Mohamed ElBaradei stated North Korea has become a “full fledged nuclear power”
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[pic] Information on the exam: Unit 3 – GEOG3 - Contemporary Geographical Issues • 30% of A Level • 2 hour 30 minutes written examination • 3 questions: o 1 from Section A – Physical Geography Structured Questions o 1 from Section B – Human Geography Structured Questions o 1 from Section C – Essay Questions (You must not answer the option answered in either Section A or Section B) [pic] |Plate tectonics and associated hazards
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EAS-101 1. Compare and contrast primary (P) and secondary (S) waves. How are they used to determine the nature of the layers of Earth? How might they be used to determine the epicenters of earthquakes? Primary waves are considered to be compression waves, while the secondary waves are considered to be the shear waves that travel through the interior of the Earth. Primary waves hold similar characteristics as sounds waves and manipulate the medium they travel through by compressing
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like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. Between then and 1912 other people identified further similarities between other continental coastlines. Robert Mallet 1870s Robert Mallet was a nineteenth century scientist who managed to measure the speed at which earthquakes spread. Alfred Wegner 1911 While at Marburg, in the autumn of 1911, Wegener was browsing in the university library when he came across a scientific paper that listed fossils of identical plants and animals found on opposite sides of the Atlantic
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growth of -5.5% in FY 2009. In 2010, Japan’s real GDP grew back of 4.4%. Until a natural disaster hits Japan heavily, causing factories, agricultural land, homes , and lives destroyed. It was one of the worst disaster in Japan ever had. A 9.0-magnitude earthquake and tsunami falls on March 11, 2011. Nuclear power is the biggest source of energy in japan, it accounts with 29% of nuclear. Nuclear war plants were destroy, fire and explosion heats up, thousands were killed, and even radioactive iodine were
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