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NASA launches new rover mission to planet Mars: Soil and rock samples will be retrieved and sent back to Earth
- Jul, 30, 2020
- Laboratory Testing Other Geotechnical News On Projects / Industry Structural Geology
- United States, Florida, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
On Thursday, July 30, 2020, NASA launched a rover mission to Mars that will retrieve soil and rock samples to be tested on Earth and detect signs of ancient life. The Perseverance Rover Mission was l...
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What controls the height of the world's mountains?
A new study comes to answer an interesting question. What determines the height of the earth's mountains? Mountains are formed as a result of plate tectonics, the theory that describes the movement o...
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New study on tectonic plates movements reveals potential regions with less seismic activity
- Jun, 27, 2020
- Structural Geology News On Research / Academia Engineering Seismology
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study sheds light on regions where earthquake activity is less likely to occur. Researchers from Cardiff University in Wales and Tsukuba University in Japan studied a specific tectonic process...
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New crustal stress map of North America
- Apr, 23, 2020
- Structural Geology Oil & Gas Geo-Energy Earthquake Reconnaissance News On Research / Academia
- United States
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new study presents the first quantitative stress magnitude map that also includes horizontal stress orientations in North America. The findings were recently published in Nature Communications. Th...
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Massive earthquakes possibly associated with tectonic plates reversal
- Apr, 29, 2020
- Structural Geology Geology Highlights Engineering Seismology News On Research / Academia News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Researchers have found that there is a possible connection between large seismic shocks and the reversal of tectonic plates. The results of the study have been published in Nature Journal on April 2...
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USGS releases the first meticulous geological map of the Moon
The United States Geologic Survey (USGS), in collaboration with NASA and the Lunar Planetary Institute, has released the first detailed geologic map of the Moon. Moon is quite different from Earth in...
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New insights about ancient continent north of Canada
A new study, published in the Journal of Petrology, presents new discoveries about the North Atlantic Craton. A craton is a part of continental crust that is considered stable and consists of old cry...
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The complex impact of sea-mountains on earthquake incidents
Scientists studied the impact of underwater mountains dragged into subduction zones and the geodynamic processes that occur near them. Sea-mountains are geologic formations that rise at least 1000 me...
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Drilling deep for geothermal energy: Little seismic disturbance recorded
- Jan, 26, 2020
- Geothermal Structural Geology News On Research / Academia Engineering Seismology
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study, geothermal drilling in deep layers is a technological challenge but it is not related to strong seismic events. Geothermal energy is the thermal energy produced and stored i...
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2 strong earthquake hit Philippines: At least 14 fatalities
- Oct, 29, 2019
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Structural Geology News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Philippines, Davao City
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
At least 14 people died after 2 earthquakes struck the southern part of Philippines. The first seismic shock (M 5.6) occurred on October 29, 2019, and it was followed by a M 6.5 tremblor 2 days later...
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