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Isostatic sea level change refers to a change in the level of the land relative to the sea, and it is a localised change. The two main causes are isostatic rebound - the slow rise of areas that were once ...

One landform found near convergent boundaries are coastal fold mountains. This is through the process of subduction over billions of years. This transforms island arcs (as shown in the diagram) into conti...

U shaped valleys are formed from V shaped valleys. Ice and snow accumulates in the V shaped valley and enters the cracks where it freezes and expands overnight. As the snow melts during the day this relie...

Constant monitoring of a volcano is crucial in being able to predict an upcoming eruption. Various technologies are used by volcanic monitoring stations, such as the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, to detec...

It seems contradictory that in the era of increasing globalisation we are seeing so much nationalism and separatism doesn't it? But this is a phenomenon explained really well by Harvey (1989) if you want ...