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Generate charts with historical Geotechnical Business Confidence Index data for each country!

GeoWorld is pleased to announce a new feature of the Geotechnical Business Confidence Index.   After collecting data for more than a year, the Geotechnical Business Confidence Index allows you to...

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Unexpected cavern in tunnel construction in France

A Tunnel Boring Machine successfully passed through an unexpected cavern during its drive on the Galerie des Janots water tunnel project in La Ciotat, France. The Galerie des Janots is part of a pr...

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Volume 4, Issue #3 of the Case Histories has been released!

We are pleased to announce the Issue #3 of Volume #4 of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official Journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical...

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Volume 4, Issue #4 of the Case Histories has been released!

We are pleased to announce the Issue #4 of Volume #4 of the International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories, an official Journal of the International Society for Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical...

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Yosemite granite could change the current geological history

The temperature of granite crystallization underpins the knowledge about many geological phenomena, but evidence is emerging that this temperature may not be well constrained. Scientists including...

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The major role of Geology on the D-Day Landing in Normandy

The campaign that led to the WW2 allied victory in May 1945 began with the invasion in Normandy (June 6, 1944) where geology was a major issue to be considered. Geological aspects are seldom mentio...

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UAVs to detect dangerous ''butterfly'' landmines

Low-cost unmanned aerial vehicles can collect large remotely sensed data sets to detect dangerous "butterfly" landmines in remote regions of post-conflict countries. Director of the Geophysics...

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Savings in removing over repairing dams

Dam removal has become a mainstream option for dam safety management restoring river, coastal ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them. Researchers from Portland State University re...

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Motorist’s miraculous escape from shocking landslide

Michael Tabudravu, a New Zealand motorist, had a remarkably lucky escape after he narrowly avoided being crushed by a powerful landslide. Remarkably, he still managed to film the dramatic even...

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Top Geotechnical Journal Paper Award

Ricardo Dobry and Tarek Abdoun have been selected by the Geo-Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) to receive the Thomas A. Middlebrooks Award. The researchers, experts in ear...

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