Paper Assignment
I. Are there any geologic hazards where I live or close by? If so:
1. What are they?
1. Earthquake: includes ground rupture/faulting, liquefaction, strong shaking, and tsunami
2. Mass wasting: includes seismically-triggered landslides, debris flows, mud flows, and rock falls
3. Flooding
2. How serious a threat are any of these hazards?
3. How often does it/do they occur?
4. Is anything being done to prevent damage to your residence if this hazard were to occur there?
1. If so, what are the preventions?
2. If not, what could be done? How can you further prepare?
II. See if there are any resources that might be mined there like oil, natural gas or groundwater. If you cannot find any mineral resources in your area, you should use Southern California or California as whole. This section can be a list; maps are also a nice option, as long as you label them/annotate them yourself. You can annotate maps or images using Word, Google docs, Adobe Illustrator, even using MS Paint, etc. You don't have to worry about formatting the text or wrapping it around images; you might find it easier to put all the images at the end of the file, and just refer to them in your outlines.
III. Images are great and can supplement part of the text. If you use them you must refer to them in your report and put a figure caption in the following style:
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also Include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.