FACTORS RESPONSIBLE FOR LANDSLIDES
Slope instability may be caused by removal of lateral or underlying support mainly by river erosion and road cuts, landfill dumping, faulting, tectonic movement or the creation of artificial slopes…...
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LANDSLIDES
Landslides cause severe loss of life, injury, damage to property, destruction of communication networks and loss of precious soil and land. Although the occurrence of land~lides is declining all ov…...
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EARTHQUAKES IN INDIA
India falls quite prominently on the global seismic belt which runs in an east-west direction and is called the ‘Alpine-Himalayan belt’. The main seismic zone lies along the ‘main…...
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Earthquakes
Earthquakes are violent tremors of the earth’s crust which originate naturally and below the surface sending out a series of shock waves. The chief cause of the earthquake shocks is the sudde…...
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MERCALLI SCALE GRADATION OF EARTHQUAKES
I. Most people do not notice, animals may be uneasy, can be detected by a seismograph. II Hanging objects sway back and forth. III Many people feel the movement, parked cars may rock. IV Doors, wiâ€...
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PLATE TECTONICS
A. Wegener, in 1915, first gave the term ‘continental drift’, which implied that parts of the crust are capable of horizontal movements round the globe, causing the continents to slowly…...
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