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Iris: Long Valley Caldera

For Students 9th - 10th
Long Valley Caldera area has had a history of eruptions and earthquake swarms. Learn more with this interactive map that reveals geology, eruptions, earthquakes, and more.
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Iris: Basin Range Volcanoes

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map of the Basin-Range Province reveals information about the youngest volcanic features associated with the region.
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Iris: Basin Range Tectonics

For Students 9th - 10th
This interactive map of the Basin and Range Province reveals earthquakes, faults, hazards, volcanoes, mines, and National Parks.
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Iris: Us Array Ground Motion Visualizations

For Students 9th - 10th
The USArray Ground Motion Visualization (GMV) is a video-based IRIS DMS product that illustrates how seismic waves travel away from an earthquake location by depicting the normalized recorded wave amplitudes at each seismometer location...
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Iris: Earthquakes, Like Ripples on Water?

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, students investigate the classic Earth science analogy, "Seismic waves radiate outward from an earthquake's epicenter like ripples on water."
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Iris: Walk Run: Locating an Earthquake Using Triangulation

For Students 9th - 10th
Roll over the seismic stations to see earthquake epicenters triangulated. Touch buttons to watch movies of seismic waves.
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Iris: Exploring Patterns of Global & Regional Seismicity

For Students 9th - 10th
Students use the IRIS Earthquake Browser to investigate well-known examples of some plate boundaries.
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Iris: Demonstrating Building Resonance Using the Simplified Boss Model

For Students 9th - 10th
Students demonstrate and describe the role of building resonance when assessing earthquake hazards for an urban region.
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Iris: New Madrid: What if the 1811 12 New Madrid Earthquakes Happened Today?

For Students 9th - 10th
A timeline from 1800 to 2010 that shows population growth of the United States. It shows the impact of the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquake would have today.