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NASA records biggest ever 'Monster quake' on Mars, estimated to be magnitude 5
- May, 11, 2022
- Geoenvironmental Engineering Seismic Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Structural Geology Other Geotechnical
- Authored by: Gerasimos Livieratos
NASA’s InSight Mars lander has detected the strongest quake ever detected not only on Mars but on any planet besides Earth. The temblor had an estimated magnitude 5 and on May 4, 2022. This adds to t...
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Qatar: Excavation works begin for one of the country’s largest drainage tunnels
- Feb, 20, 2022
- Tunneling Tunneling In Soils Underground Structures Deep Excavations Green Infrastructure Risk & Reliability Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Other News News On Products & Services Structural Geology Engineering Geology
- Qatar
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Public Works Authority 'Ashghal' has announced the commencement of excavation works of the main drainage tunnel within the Drainage Tunnel Project in Al Wakra and Al Wukair, which will extend for ove...
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Four metro tunnels are completed in Hong Kong
- Nov, 17, 2021
- Tunneling Tunneling In Rock Tunneling In Soils Engineering Geology Structural Geology News On Projects / Industry News On Events Geology Highlights Other News
- Hong Kong
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Dragages Hong Kong has built one of Hong Kong’s most technically challenging series of tunnels – part of the 6km extension of the ongoing Sha Tin to Central Link works from Hung Hom to the Admiralty...
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Solving Grand Canyon's puzzling geological history
- Aug, 12, 2021
- Structural Geology News On Research / Academia Geology Highlights
- United States, Arizona
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study comes to shed light on a long-lasting mystery about the geology of the Grand Canyon. This involves a time gap in the canyon's rock formations that stretches for more than a billion years....
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Understanding the nature of friction on earthquake faults by studying a volcanic eruption
- Aug, 20, 2021
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Structural Geology News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Hawaii
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study, recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), focuses on a volcanic flank collapse to understand how frictional resis...
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Why is the Gulf of Mexico so rich in fossil fuel deposits?
- May, 11, 2021
- Oil & Gas Structural Geology Seismic Other News
- Gulf of Mexico
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Despite the continuous exploration, the Gulf of Mexico still has enormous quantities of oil and gas deposits. From around 335 million years ago until 200 million years ago, all land on Earth was conc...
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How geological processes affect the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere: The case study of Taiwan
- Apr, 07, 2021
- Structural Geology Geoenvironmental Engineering News On Research / Academia
- Taiwan
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study, recently published in Nature Geoscience, focuses on the concentration of carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere controlled by geological processes such as erosion and weathering of roc...
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A sandstone fragment reveals valid information over climate change
- Apr, 28, 2021
- Structural Geology Laboratory Testing News On Research / Academia Geology Highlights
- Antarctica
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A cobble of green sandstone discovered near Antarctica has revealed crucial information regarding the future conditions on Earth if climate change persists. The effects of climate change are evident...
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Solving the mystery of ancient rockslides in the Alps
- Feb, 16, 2021
- Landslides Structural Geology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Alps
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The triggering factors of massive, pre-historic rockslides that occurred in the Alps have finally been revealed. Signs of ancient rockslides are evident in the European Alps as rock debris has accumu...
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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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