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Landslides and earthquakes to be correlated, according to recent study
- Nov, 07, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Landslides
- Syracuse, New York
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A recently published study demonstrates that earthquakes instead of climate change as previously thought, have an effect on the rate of landslides in Peru. The particular findings were published in Na...
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Video: A 2,000 year old tunnel and its ancient mysteries in Teotihuacan, Mexico
More than a decade after the initial discovery of a secret tunnel underneath the ancient city of Teotihuacan, researchers have unearthed many ritual objects from a location that may be a royal tomb. W...
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Sri Lanka: Fatal landslides devastate the country
Fatal landslides are triggered by monsoon rains in Sri Lanka on Wednesday, causing many casualties, leaving hundreds of missing and washing away homes and destroying a tea-growing region of the countr...
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Bentley’s New MineCycle Applications Empower Optioneering for Faster and Better Mine Planning and Design Decisions
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the launch of Bentley’s new MineCycle softwar...
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New GEER report on the 2014 Iquique, Chile Earthquake
- Oct, 27, 2014
- News On Publications Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Iquique, Chile
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new GEER report was recently released on the geotechnical aspects of the April 1, 2014 M8.2 Iquique, Chile earthquake and the subsequent M7.6 earthquake on April 3. The two strong...
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Photo gallery: The flood damage to Kashmir's cultural heritage
- Oct, 24, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Kashmir, India
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The recently and extensively flooded region of Kashmir is still trying to recover from the disaster and starts evaluating the induced damage particularly to its cultural heritage. Some of the most his...
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Richat: The Giant Blue Eye of Africa
The Richat Structure, also known as the Eye of the Sahara or blue eye of Africa, is a peculiar geological formation in the Sahara desert in Mauritania near Ouadane. Due to its size, the Eye...
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Video and photo-gallery: 25 years from the Loma Prieta Earthquake
- Oct, 20, 2014
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Earthquake Reconnaissance Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Loma Prieta, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On Friday October 17th, 25 years have passed from the devastating - magnitude 6.9 - Loma Prieta earthquake. To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the earthquake, which killed 63 people and left thous...
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Bentley Systems Names Dr. Artur Krawczyk 2014 Educator of the Year
Bentley Systems, Incorporated, the leading company dedicated to providing comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced that it has named Artur Krawczyk, Ph.D., lect...
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Photos: Invisible cave discovered in Slovakia
Three Slovakian hikers claim to have found an unexplored cave, while walking in the forest close to the village of Borka in Slovakia. One of them, photographer Robert Nemeti took pictures from inside...
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