The Alpine Fault Investigate the evidence relating to geological event(s) Micheal Munro AS91412 Intro The Alpine fault is the boundary of the Pacific oceanic plate and the continental Australian plate. It is located almost through the entire south island of New Zealand extending about 600 Km across it1. It is one of the world’s major geological features and is responsible for the amazing Southern Alps. Each time it has ruptured it has moved both vertically as well as horizontally. Some believe
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Most of this terrane are known as groups of rocks that are surrounded by faults‚ different types of fossils‚ and other types of physical properties. Due to the Pacific Plate subducting beneath the North American plate‚ it creates the Denali fault system. Denali consists of a right lateral strike-slip fault over 720 miles long (Sharpe). This strike-slip fault is a part of the larger fault system which includes the San Andreas Fault system in
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System Fault Analysis 2.0 Introduction The fault analysis of a power system is required in order to provide information for the selection of switchgear‚ setting of relays and stability of system operation. A power system is not static but changes during operation (switching on or off of generators and transmission lines) and during planning (addition of generators and transmission lines). Thus fault studies need to be routinely performed by utility engineers (such as in the TNB). Faults usually
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Fault Under the English law individual liability is based liability on the concept of blameworthiness. The oxford English dictionary defines fault as ‘responsibly or blame for an offence or misdeed’ it is not considered appropriate to subject someone to civil or criminal sanctions unless it can be proved that he or she performed on illegal at in a blameworthy manner. Blame does not normally attach in civil law if the injury occurs accidently or in criminal law or the crime occurs through in honest
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The Hayward fault Our first stop was at founder’s rock. The founders’ rock is a huge rock close to the foothill dormitory and it’s where the founding fathers of Berkeley decided to build the university. They decided to build the university here because of their agriculture. Berkeley‚ has a creek running‚ to be more precise‚ Berkeley had various creeks running. Therefore‚ water is easily accessible‚ so they decided to build the university to have easy access of water and great soil. However‚ what
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The thesis of this paper argues that The Little Mermaid presents themes of sexual objectification among the women by the male characers’ imposed hypermasculinity. This is to emphasize that this film‚ along with other Disney films presents traditional idealisms that inflicts strict gender roles and biases into its young‚ developing audience’s minds. As an academic paper‚ it was crucial that the conversation remain forma and its primary and secondary sources are scholarly‚ to legitimize the claims
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Movie Ratings Rough Draft Over the past sixty years movies have been a big part of the American society‚ the stigma of going to the movies is one of the most exciting‚ rating near the top with amusement parks and laser tag. The idea of going to the movies was created to let people relax and enjoy the time spent hanging out with friends. As the years have progressed the ratings have become worse and worse to the point where parents have become hesitant to let their children enjoy their selves at
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Fault This article includes a list of references‚ but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. In an electric power system‚ a fault is any abnormal electric current. For example‚ a short circuit is a fault in which current bypasses the normal load. An open-circuit fault occurs if a circuit is interrupted by some failure. In three-phase systems‚ a fault may involve one or more phases and ground
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English Essay A play that I have read is “whose life is it anyway?” which was written by Brian Clark and I thought it was good. In the play Ken‚ who is a paralyzed man who wants to die and has to fight for the right to die. In this essay I am going to explain how Brian Clark makes the play an effective one which deals with the subject of euthinasia. In this paragraph I am going to explain that Brian Clark uses humour to make the play effective. An example of humour would be black humour; this
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The playwright ’whose life is it anyway?’ written by Brian Clark is based around a sculptor called Ken‚ who has been paralysed neck down in a car accident and is told that he will never be able to move any part of his body again. Most of the action takes place around Ken’s paralyzed body and his bed. The story’s centre of attention is Euthanasia (whether Ken should be allowed to take his own life or not)‚ which serves as the main plot of the story; however there are more issues at hand. The theme
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