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Bentley Systems Announces Seequent’s Acquisition of Imago
- Aug, 10, 2021
- Data Management Mining Engineering Geology News On Projects / Industry News On Products & Services
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced that its Seequent business unit has acquired Imago Inc, a developer of cloud-based software for the capture and management of geoscientific imagery. The acquis...
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Massive cliff collapse in Jurassic Coast, UK
- Apr, 12, 2021
- Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures Engineering Geology
- United Kingdom, Weymouth
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A cliff collapse that occurred in England's Jurassic Coast is considered to be the largest to hit the region in 60 years. The landslide struck in mid-April near Weymouth, a town located in Dorset Cou...
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62,163 paper downloads in 2020 for the ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories!
- Jan, 13, 2021
- Other Geotechnical News On Publications Dam Engineering Data Management Deep Excavations Earth Retaining Structures Energy Geotechnics Engineering Geology Forensics Erosion Foundation Design / Construction Geo-Energy Geoenvironmental Engineering Geomatics Geomorphology Geophysics Geosynthetics Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Ground Improvement Green Infrastructure Groundwater & Seepage Instrumentation Landslides Laboratory Testing Levees Mining Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Offshore Geotechnics Railway Geotechnics Ports Residual Soils Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Risk & Reliability Rock Mechanics Slope Stability Soil Dynamics Soil Mechanics Structural Geology Underground Structures Tunneling Engineering Seismology Visualization Transportation Geotechnics News On Research / Academia
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The ISSMGE International Journal of Geoengineering CaseHistories is proud to announce that 62,163 papers were downloaded in 2020. The International Journal of Geoengineering Case Histories is an off...
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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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A sinkhole opened near Pantheon, Rome, revealing slabs of ancient streets
- Apr, 27, 2020
- Pavement News On Natural Disasters / Failures Engineering Geology Other Geotechnical
- Italy, Roma
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A sinkhole that opened near Pantheon in Rome revealed an ancient Roman street. The Pantheon is an ancient structure in Rome which was completed around 126-128 A.D. It is nowadays utilized as a Cathol...
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NASA's InSight Lander investigates quakes in Mars
- Jan, 08, 2020
- Other Geotechnical Engineering Geology News On Research / Academia Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
InSight Lander, NASA's first mission to explore Mars' geology, is investigating the Red Planet's interior via recording tremblors known as "‘Marsquakes". NASA's InSight is the first vehicle to detect...
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Yellowknife sandpits almost vanished
- Oct, 10, 2019
- Engineering Geology Geology Highlights
- Canada, Yellowknife
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The sandpits in Yellowknife, a city located in North Canada, are almost gone after a long period of excavation conducted for construction purposes started back in the 1970s. The 11,000-year-old sedim...
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Swiss Alps are destabilizing due to global warming
- Oct, 09, 2019
- Engineering Geology Landslides Rock Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Switzerland, Airolo
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Rockfall incidents are starting to increase as a result of temperature rise and glacier melting in the Swiss Alps. Swiss Alps that are located south, south-east of Switzerland, create a mountainous t...
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Satellite data show impressive ground cracking caused by the M 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake
- Jul, 05, 2019
- Engineering Geology Earthquake Reconnaissance Geology Highlights
- United States, California
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Satellite images collected in the Mojave Desert show the intense ground cracking the M 7.1 Ridgecrest Earthquake caused. On July, 5, 2019, the massive earthquake struck at about 200 km North-East of...
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Earthquakes can aggravate sea water level rise
- Jun, 21, 2019
- Engineering Geology Geoenvironmental Engineering Structural Geology News On Research / Academia Geology Highlights
- American Samoa
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to a new study published in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, earthquakes can cause sea level rise even faster than climate change. Researchers believe that certain regions...
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