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This
site
covers
the
four
main
types
of
faults
(not
including
growth
faults):
the
normal
fault,
reverse
fault,
transcurrent
(strike-slip)
fault,
and
thrust
fault.
Animations
show
the
type
of
movement
for
each
different
type
of
fault.
There
is
a
section
on
the
initial
stage
of
a
landform,
containing
a
diagram
of
a
graben
and
horst
system.
Also
included
are
photographs
of
fault
scarps
along
Hebgen
Lake,
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This
page
reports
on
the
geologically
volatile
Long
Valley,
California
area.
The
U.S.
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
continues
to
provide
the
public
and
civil
authorities
with
current
information
on
the
volcano
hazards
at
Long
Valley
and
is
prepared
to
give
timely
warnings
of
any
impending
eruption.
In
addition
to
photographs
and
a
hazard
response
plan
for
earthquake
and
volcano
hazards,
the
fact-sheet
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The
Weekly
Volcanic
Activity
Report
is
a
cooperative
project
between
the
Global
Volcanism
Program
of
the
Smithsonian's
National
Museum
of
Natural
History
and
the
US
Geological
Survey's
Volcano
Hazards
Program.
The
project
provides
up-to-date
worldwide
volcanic
activity
information.
Users
can
access
regional
maps
as
well
as
a
map
of
volcanoes
discussed
each
week.
New
eruption
information
is
provided
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The
GeoData
Center
of
the
University
of
Alaska
Fairbanks
(UAF)
Geophysical
Institute
(GI)
provides
data
management
and
archive
services
for
the
Geophysical
Institute
and
maintains
a
variety
of
geophysical
data
collections
in
support
of
scientific
research.
Materials
available
here
include
high
altitude
aerial
photography,
Landsat,
AVHRR
(Advanced
Very
High
Resolution
Radiometer)
and
HRPT
(High
Resolution
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This
website
offers
general
and
historical
information
concerning
catastrophic
floods
in
the
United
States.
It
includes
USGS
flood
measurement
techniques,
an
accompanying
map
and
table
locating
and
describing
32
of
the
most
significant
floods
of
the
20th
century,
and
information
on
regional,
flash,
ice-jam,
storm-surge,
dam
and
levee-failure,
debris,
landslide,
and
mudflow
floods.
It
also
provides
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This
United
States
Geological
Survey
(USGS)
website
explains
volcanic
gases
and
their
effects
on
the
Earth
and
its
life.
The
report
discusses
gases
trapped
in
magma
below
the
Earth's
surface
as
the
driving
force
of
volcanic
eruptions.
Types
of
gases,
such
as
sulfur
dioxide
and
carbon
dioxide,
and
their
potential
effects
are
described.
A
comparison
of
volcanic
gas
composition
in
three
different
volcano
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