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October's issue of the Geoengineer newsletter is out!!!
- Nov, 05, 2013
- News On Publications Other Geotechnical Landslides Soil Mechanics Rock Engineering
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We are pleased to announce the 105th issue of our newsletter. In this newsletter issue, you will learn about the benefits of Electrical Density Gauge in an interesting article and you will find the...
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Landslide sensors preventing disasters
- Nov, 01, 2013
- Other News Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters
- Huntsville, AL, United States
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A team from the Atmospheric Science Department at the University of Alabama in Huntsville tested wireless sensors in an active landslide zone. The goal of the study was to estimate the potential infor...
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Philippines landslides induced by earthquake
- Oct, 15, 2013
- Other News Landslides Liquefaction Engineering Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Earthquake Reconnaissance
- Bohol, Central Visayas, Philippines
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Landslides, sinkholes, floods, liquefaction and earthquake deformation were some of the disastrous results of the M 7.1 earthquake that struck the island of Bohol on 15 October 2013. According to t...
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Landslide in mine of Megalopolis Lignite Center in Greece (video)
The landslide had a length of 1km and was caused by an adjacent fault on September 14, 2013. The fault was previously known and was being monitored by scientists. According to econews the first geo...
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Rockslide on Mount Princeton in Colorado ended up with five casualties
- Sep, 30, 2013
- Other News Landslides
- Mount Princeton in Chaffee Count, Colorado
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A rockslide occurred on Monday in Chaffee County, in south-central Colorado killing five people who were hiking on a trail to Agnes Vaille Falls. The causes of the incident are not yet identified....
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Huge landslide at the Kennecott Copper Bingham Canyon Mine. Mine slope monitoring paid off.
- Apr, 11, 2013
- Other News Landslides
- Bingham Canyon, Utah, United States
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A landslide finally occurred at the Kennecott Copper Bingham Canyon Mine in Utah. The Kennecot Copper Bingham Canyon Mine is the second largest copper producer in the United States, provid...
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Landslide in Whidbey Island, Washington, takes down one house, threatens more
- Mar, 27, 2013
- Other News Landslides
- Driftwood Way, Coupeville, Island, WA, United States
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A landslide has occurred at 4:15 am on Wednesday morning in Whidbey island. Nobody was killed, but the landslide took down one of the homes. Another home was left with a 10 ft backyard and is now evac...
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Mudslide in Everett, Washington impacts and derails a passing freight train
- Dec, 18, 2012
- Other News Landslides Soil Dynamics Soil Dynamics In-Situ
- Everett, Washington, USA
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The Associated Press has posted a video of a mudslide that on December 18th 2012 was mobilized while a freight train was passing. Amazing coincidence or did the vibrations from the train contributed t...
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Waste Slide at a Municipal Solid Waste Landfill in the island of Zakynthos, Greece
- Jan, 26, 2013
- Other News Landfill Engineering Landslides
- Zakynthos, Greece
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Numerous news outlets in Greece report on Saturday the 26th of January, that a waste slide took place at the Municipal Solid Waste landfill of the island of Zakynthos in Greece. The slide took plac...
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Earthflow in Salzburg caught on video
BBC has shown a video from an earthflow that took place in Salzburg, Austria, causing a section of a forest to slide, with the trees on top, on the road below. See Video Source below to view the video...
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