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Stunning cliff collapse in the Canary Islands caught on video
A stunning cliff collapse that occurred in the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain situated in the Atlantic Ocean, west of Morocco was caught on camera. The ground failure happened on No...
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Rainfall-induced landslide hits Alaska: 2 people missing
- Dec, 02, 2020
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Alaska, Haines
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Six people went initially missing after a major landslide struck Alaska. The landslide occurred on December 2, 2020, in a region near Haines, a town located in southeastern Alaska near the borders wi...
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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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Stunning sea stack failure in Isle of Wight, UK
- Nov, 15, 2020
- Landslides Erosion News On Natural Disasters / Failures Engineering Geology
- United Kingdom, Freshwater
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A stunning sea stack collapse occurred amid strong winds in the Isle of Wight, northern United Kingdom. In geological terms, a sea stack is practically a large column of rock standing in the sea near...
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Keller's cliff stabilization scheme for Scarborough Spa
- Nov, 27, 2020
- Pile Foundations News On Projects / Industry
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Keller helped provide a solution to stabilize a cliff face and protect an iconic building in North Yorkshire, UK. The historic building is known as the Scarborough Spa. It is a Grade II listed buildi...
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Why Helical Piles are a Safe Solution for Solar Panels
The U.S. solar market has been steadily growing by an average of 49% per year since 2010, and the need for a universally viable and scalable solution to secure solar panels is critical. Solar panels...
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"Geo-Trends Review" thirteenth issue is published!
GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the publication of the thirteenth issue of "Geo-Trends Review" magazine. The thirteenth issue was just distr...
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RSPile: Bored Pile Analysis
- Nov, 20, 2020
- Pile Foundations News On Software News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Rocscience Inc
New in RSPile: Bored Pile Analysis and Much More As we move into the final couple months of 2020, it can feel like the year is already over. For RSPile though, 2020 still has tons of great new surpr...
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