On the richter scale, a magnitude 6 earthquake is times larger than a magnitude 3 earthquake.
3
9
2
1000
100
tsunami waves on the open ocean where the seafloor is very deep
are slow and build up high.
have a short wave height (low amplitudes) and travel very fast.
easily seen and travel slowly.
have a high wave height (amplitude) and move as fast as a jet plane.
the most common cause of landslides is
earthquakes
undercutting the slope
heavy rain
wave erosion
oversteepening of the slope by establishing a road cut can cause mass wasting by
adding water to the slope unit cohesive forces are lost
removing the supportive scarp
increasing the angle until it exceeds the angle of repose
changing the angle of incidence
what is the name of the landslide landform that is a crescent-shaped mark found at the top of a slump?
ditch
scarp
toe
hummocky topography
trench
what is a translational slide? material moves down a slope parallel to the layers of the underlying bedrock.
material rotates along a rotational curved surface resulting in a bulging toe of slope.
material slowly creeps downhill over many years due to annual freeze and thaw cycles.
material moves down a slope parallel to the layers of the underlying bedrock.
material topples from a vertical cliff and tumbles down a talus slope.

hi there,

on december 11, 2001, china officially became the 143rd member of the

world trade organization (wto) in the culmination of a negotiation

process which began in 1986. economists have long been debating the

global effects of china's accession to the wto, and as china becomes

fully integrated into the organization over the next several years,

the accuracy of their predictions will be tested.

one of the biggest residual effects of china's entry to the wto,

according to economists, will be the relocation of manufacturing and

distribution centers to china. due to its cheap labor, cheap

industrial land, and educated workforce, china is an ideal production

centre for businesses based in outside countries. this will likely

result in a twofold impact – more jobs will be available in china,

while countries like india, which have historically offered cheap

labor, will suffer. taiwan and malaysia's technology industries are

already suffering as companies like dell computers move production to

china, and while foreign investment soars in china, other asian

countries suffer. in addition, mexico and the caribbean will lose

thousands of garment manufacturing jobs as the u.s. lifts restraints

on chinese textile imports.

while the impact on southeast asia may be negative, the western world

may benefit. while some suggest china's open borders will result in

increased competition and a decreased employment rate for the western

world, western countries will benefit from access to china's highly

developed electronics and industry sectors. with duties and quotas

slashed, and restrictions lifted, multinationals will benefit by

setting up distribution centers without the need for chinese

middlemen. in addition, it's expected that china will import massive

amounts of food products, machinery and vehicles from the u.s., japan,

hong kong, taiwan, singapore and south korea, thus providing

significant boosts to these countries' economies.

in conclusion, it seems that while western countries may benefit from

china's accession to the wto, there's the potential that asian and

south american countries may feel the pinch of free trade as china

moves to a global economy.