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Landslide in Mexico results in coastal highway collapse [video]

Last Saturday a coastal road located about 60miles from the Mexico-United States border connecting the Mexican towns of Ensenada and Tijuana, collapsed after a landslide that was probably triggered by...

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Rachid Hankour, Ph.D. January 31, 1960 - December 17, 2013

Dr. Rachid Hankour, of Harvard, Massachussets, Vice President and Director of Lab Systems at Geocomp Corporation, and Professor of the Practice at Tufts University School of Engineering, passed away p...

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Herrenknecht Direct Pipe method used in Canada

Herrenknecht Direct Pipe technology was used for the construction of the Beaver River pipeline in the province of Alberta, Canada. The length of the pipeline was 0.21miles (340m) with a diameter of 42...

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Huge underwater landslide contributed to Japanese devastating tsunami

The 2011 earthquake off the Pacific coast of Tohoku was the most powerful earthquake in the history of Japan and it was, until now, considered the main reason for the tsunami waves that killed al...

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Since first introduced in 1996, Hayward Baker’s annual calendar has become immensely popular with engineering and construction industry professionals across North America. Each year, the illustrat...

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New study shows threat of landslide induced tsunamis overrated

A new study by the researchers at the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) reveals a new aspect of the correlation of the Canary Island landslides with tsunami waves, unlike previous estimates. Deep...

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The eruption of the world's largest mud volcano comes to an end!

The Lusi (Lumpur Sidoarjo) mud volcano, in the subdistrict of Porong, Sidoarjo in East Java, Indonesia, has been in eruption, since May 2006. Although the volcano was estimated to go on erupting...

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Geoengineer.org' s top 20 popular news of 2013

As the end of 2013 is approaching, we looked back to all 260 news items posted throughout the year, and present you with a holiday gift of the top 20!  During the past year, we posted a total...

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New test for the BLUE Piling Method, an innovative offshore piling technology [video]

BLUE Piling Technology was developed by Fistuca BV Company, Van Oord and TNO in order to reduce noise and cost, while driving hollow piles into the seafloor. This new method uses water, which is abund...

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Mapping Rome's underground passageways

Recent discoveries such as the network of tunnels beneath the Roman Emperor Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, confirm the existence of a labyrinth of underground passageways in the area. Although thes...

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