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Could history repeat itself and cause another huge landslide in Yangtze river, China?

According to a research led by the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, the blocking of China's Yangtze River about 30,000 years ago, is attributed to an enormous earthquake induced landslide....

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Percussive Fuel Fluorescence Detection Module

Vertek CPT, a Geoengineer.org sponsor, published a new video on their Youtube channel to present their Fuel Fluorescence Detection (FFD) sensor package. The FFD probe utilizes solid state Ultra-Vio...

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Vertek posted a new video about Seismic CPT options

Vertek CPT, a Geoengineer.org sponsor, posted a new video on their Youtube channel referring to the Seismic Cone Penetration Testing options via Visualization Toolkit (VTK) and head tubes cones. Lear...

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Sinkhole in Florida re-opens under two homes a few days after its filling with cement

Sinkholes are becoming more and more frequent in Florida where soil conditions consist of sand formations, on top of layers of clay and limestone. Yesterday, April 24, a sinkhole between two hous...

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Hayward Baker performs ground improvement works in the Ohio River Bridges Project

Extensive ground improvement works on the Ohio River Bridges Project (Downtown Pursuit) along Interstates 65 and 64 in Downtown Louisville, are being executed since June 2013 by Hayward Baker. The pr...

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High-speed rail project in Hong-Kong delayed with major economic consequences

The high-speed railway project connecting Hong Kong with Shenzhen and Guangzhou in China is subject to significant delays, estimated up to two years, having a serious impact on the developme...

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Slow moving landslide in Jackson, Wyoming, urges for evacuation of the area

A 100ft deep, slow moving landslide in Wyoming is gradually tearing apart a house on a hilltop, as authorities are issuing evacuation orders for 46 residencies located in the sliding zone. The slow mo...

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Response of Piled Buildings to the Construction of Deep Excavations

IOS Press, a valued Geoengineer.org sponsor, published last year a book by Mandy Korff based on a research which provides insight into mechanisms of soil-structure interaction for piled buildings adja...

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Challenges encountered in dam removal and underwater valley restoration projects

Built in 1913 to provide the earthquake-devastated San Francisco with fresh water, the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir has given rise to significant political dispute over decades, with environmentalists...

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Mudslide in Tajikistan kills six children and buries village under the mud

A mudslide hit the area of Shuroabad, 150 miles south of the Tajik capital of Dushanbe, near the Afghan borders on April 12. The landslide occurred in the middle of the night, which explains the numbe...

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