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New AI method to detect microearthquakes
- Dec, 07, 2020
- Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Research / Academia
- United States, California , Stanford
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from Stanford University and Georgia Institute of Technology in the United States, introduce a new Artificial Intelligence technique to detect small-scale earthquakes. Despite the radical...
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GEER Report for Medicane Ianos Released: Documents thousands of landslides, bridge collapses and infrastructure damage
- Dec, 17, 2020
- Landslides Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Greece
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance (GEER) released a report documenting damage from Medicane Ianos. Medicane Ianos, a Mediterranean Hurricane, impacted Greece on September 17-20 2...
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Bentley introduces regularized Hoek-Brown model in PLAXIS 2D
- Jun, 29, 2020
- Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Tunneling Tunneling In Rock News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley has recently applied a generalized Hoek and Brown (HB) model to simulate the behavior of brittle rocks in underground excavations. The HB failure criterion has been widely utilized over the p...
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Study on the East African Rift System: Madagascar will split into pieces
- Sep, 23, 2020
- Structural Geology News On Research / Academia
- East Africa
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study on the kinematics of the East African Rift System, much of the continental regions are currently splitting with Madagascar being gradually separated into pieces. East African...
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Study reveals evidence of massive floods in a Martian crater
- Nov, 05, 2020
- Structural Geology Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, a crater on Mars has experienced extensive floods around 4 billion years ago. Whether Mars was ever occupied with water and potentially with some primitive types of life is...
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NASA maps landslides in central America caused by hurricane Eta
- Nov, 10, 2020
- Landslides Satellite-Based News On Research / Academia
- Central America
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
NASA is currently mapping the landslides that were triggered during the passage of Hurricane Eta through Central America. Hurricane Eta struck in early November 2020 and was one of the most powerful...
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Monitoring the temperature of oceans via Seismic Ocean Thermometry
- Oct, 18, 2020
- Instrumentation Engineering Seismology News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), U.S. and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, have developed a new method to derive the temperature of oceans via earthquake wav...
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The impact of precipitation on mountains' landform
- Oct, 16, 2020
- Erosion Structural Geology News On Research / Academia
- Himalayas
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In a new study, scientists focus on how precipitation impacts erosion rates in mountainous terrains. The impact of rainfalls in mountainous regions has been long debated among geologists. Precipitati...
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USUCGER publishes report on the Survey of Geotechnical programs in the US
The United States Universities Council on Geotechnical Education and Research (USUCGER) Board has published a report focusing on the number of graduate degrees that were awarded in Geo-Engineering Pr...
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Massive rock boulder may be the oldest remain of rockfall ever found
- Oct, 18, 2020
- Rock Engineering Landslides Structural Geology News On Research / Academia
- United Kingdom, Clachtoll
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A massive rock boulder in Scotland may be part of the oldest rockfall ever found. The remains of rockfalls are not preserved for many years, therefore, it is challenging to document rockfall incident...
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