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Findings on massive meteorite impact in Antarctica about half a million years ago
- Mar, 31, 2021
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- Antarctica
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists have detected evidence regarding a large meteorite impact that occurred about 430,000 years ago in Antarctica. The findings were recently published in Science Advances. Meteorite impacts o...
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Marsquakes detected by NASA's InSight Mission
- Mar, 07, 2021
- News On Research / Academia Geology Highlights Engineering Seismology Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NASA's InSight Mars Lander has recently retrieved clear data of two relatively strong quakes that occurred on the Red Planet. The InSight Lander was launched in 2018 and successfully landed on Mars t...
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New foundation design to tackle the effect of earthquake induced deformations
- Dec, 31, 2020
- Foundation Design / Construction Pile Foundations News On Research / Academia News On Projects / Industry
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from the University of Technology (UTC) in Sydney, Australia, have introduced a new method to protect buildings from earthquakes. An earthquake can be devastating for civil engineering inf...
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The mystery behind east Australia's volcanoes
- Dec, 16, 2020
- Structural Geology Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia
- Australia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists have shed light on the existence of so many volcanoes across a belt in Australia. The east coast of Australia is characterized by numerous volcanoes that have erupted over the past million...
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New theory on Martian landslides
- Feb, 03, 2021
- Landslides Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study suggests a theory on the triggering factors of specific Martian landslides. It has been deduced that Mars is more "vibrant" than previously thought. It was recently found that it is seism...
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Finding a missing tectonic plate
- Oct, 19, 2020
- Structural Geology News On Research / Academia
- North America
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from the University of Houston have managed to detect signs of a controversial tectonic plate knows as the Resurrection Plate. The existence of the Resurrection Plate is an issue long deba...
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The Precursor to RSData: Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion
- Feb, 05, 2021
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Constitutive Modeling / Soil Behavior Rock Mass Characterization Rock Engineering Soil Mechanics Soil Behavior Modeling News On Products & Services News On Events News On Software News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
The Precursor to RSData: Hoek-Brown Failure Criterion Numerical modeling of geotechnical structures and excavations is reliant on accurate rock and soil parameters, including their strength and mass...
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Fossil fuel retirement more cost-efficient than previously thought
- Dec, 04, 2020
- Energy Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, elaborating on fossil fuel infrastructure in the United States, the retirement of the correspondent power plants is not expected to be as expensive as previously conceived....
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Study suggests that smaller earthquakes generate most strong ground motions
- Jan, 04, 2021
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, smaller earthquakes have caused the strongest shaking incidents in the vicinity of the epicentral areas. The study was recently published in Seismological Research Letters b...
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62,163 paper downloads in 2020 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!
- Jan, 13, 2021
- Other Geotechnical News On Publications Dam Engineering Data Management Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Forensics Erosion Foundation Design / Construction Geo-Energy Geoenvironmental Engineering Geomatics Geomorphology Geophysics Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Groundwater & Seepage Instrumentation Landslides Laboratory Testing Levees Mining Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Offshore Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Ports Residual Soils Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Rock Engineering Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Structural Geology Underground Structures Tunneling Engineering Seismology Visualization Transportation Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Alexandros Tsavalas
The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering CaseHistories is proud to announce that 62,163 papers were downloaded in 2020. The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is an off...
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