Study Guide and Outline Notes

Study Guide on Weathering and Mass Wasting
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PowerPoint Presentation Outline Notes for Weathering and Mass Wasting
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Study Questions
 
View or Print the Study Chart for Weathering Processes and the Stages of Denudation

Practice Quizzes

After completing the reading assignment and exploring the Web resources and study guide, review what you have learned with these quizzes:

Weathering and Mass Wasting Multiple Choice Quiz - Peralta Colleges

Weathering and Mass Wasting True or False Quiz - Peralta Colleges

Quizzes, Tarbuck and Lutgens, Chapter 4, Key Concepts 1, 2, and 4, and Chapter Test

Web Exploration
 
California's Landslide Hazards Map
Examine this USGS (United States Geological Survey) map to locate landslide hazards in California.
 

USGS Geologic Hazards - Landslides Page
National Landslide Hazards Program
What rocks are most prone to landslides? Where are landslides most common in the United States?
Also see the Recent Landslides from USGS.
 
 
 

FEMA's Fact Sheet About Landslides
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) provides advice on ways to mitigate the dangers of landslides and mudflows. What you should do before, during, and after an event.

Northern California Landslide Working Group
The Landslide Working Group explores how landslides work and what triggers them. This group aims to provide a better picture of where and when landslides will occur and how to avoid or prevent them. There are useful links to other landslide sites.

Landslides of the San Francisco Bay Area
Look here for maps of landslide prone areas if you are thinking of buying a home in the San Francisco Bay Area.

 
 

Maps of potential landslides during El Nino in the
San Francisco Bay Area
 
 

Landslides Induced by the 1994 Northridge Earthquake
What kinds of landslides were induced by the Northridge earthquake?
What areas were most vulnerable?

 

View Animations of San Francisco Bay Area Landslides
These Quick Time movies take time to download but are interesting if you know the areas shown.
 
 
 
 

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