Week 6- Geological Interpretations-Tim Pester

 While searching threw the California Department of Conservations website, I came across the link for Geologic Hazards. I found this link to be interesting because it helped to summarize the last four weeks of learning in this class. From seismic hazards like earthquakes to other hazards like landslides or minerals like radon and mercury to volcanic hazards that being monitored by experts. In the section of earthquake, it went into more detail about how tectonic plates moving against each other keep the lands of California unstable. While scientists are using programs like The California Strong Motion Instrumentation Program (CSMIP) to record the energy being created by these plates as well during earthquakes to help assist in emergency planning and action (California, 2019).

 The next link I saw on the website is Tsunami Preparedness. I don’t know why, but always had an interest in how tidal waves were created. From the article, I learned that California has active offshore faults and unstable submarine slopes that can increase tsunami activity near the coast. While, I understood that earthquakes cause tidal waves, with the energy they create, I was unaware that other factors like slopes increase the likelihood of a giant wave (California, Tsunami Preparedness, 2019).

A map of the San Andreas Fault line and Pacific Plate. And how the North America Plate and Pacific Plate are brushing up against one another to create the uneasiness in the region.

Works Cited

California, S. o. (2019). Geologic Hazards. Retrieved from California Department of Conservation: https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/geohazards

California, S. o. (2019). Tsunami Preparedness. Retrieved from California Department of Conservation: https://www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs/tsunami/preparedness