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Fulgurite: A rare phenomenon
A bolt of lightning is able to deliver up to 5 gigajoule of energy (energy that can power a house in the US for over a month). A bolt of lightning is able to deliver up to 5 gigajoule of energy (en...
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Mud Volcano Resembles To A Giant Human Eye
Guests at the island of Sakhalin in Eastern Russia have a chance to see a unique natural phenomenon. This phenomenon is known as the Pugachevsky mud volcano that looks like a huge human eye. Guests...
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Martian mountain soil sample analysis performed in place!
- Mar, 04, 2015
- News On Projects / Industry Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Structural Geology
- Pasadena, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NASA's Curiosity Mars team has recently obtained a second soil sample from an outcrop of the Murray formation, the geological unit of Mount Sharp on Mars. Through analysis of the soil samples, scienti...
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Siberia: Scientists to investigate giant crater formation
- Feb, 26, 2015
- Geology Highlights Oil & Gas Structural Geology
- Yamal, Siberia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Four new craters in the Siberian permafrost in northern Russia are raising fears that global warming may be causing underground gas explosions. Scientists are still investigating the causes for the cr...
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Scientists explain the bend in the Appalachian mountain chain!
- Jul, 24, 2014
- Other News Mining Oil & Gas Structural Geology
- University of Rochester
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Appalachian mountains form a 1500 mile long almost straight chain running from Alabama to Newfoundland. The interesting bend observed in Pennsylvania and New York State was recently explained...
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