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Uncovering the Deepening Crisis: Rancho Palos Verdes in California Faces New Landslide Threats
- Aug, 29, 2024
- Landslides Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures News On Projects / Industry
- United States, California , Rancho Palos Verdes
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The coastal city of Rancho Palos Verdes has long struggled with the persistent threat of land movement, but recent findings have revealed that the situation is far more complex and perilous than prev...
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Swanscombe Cliff Collapse: Unveiling the Geological Mysteries
- Aug, 06, 2024
- Forensics Slope Stability News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom, Swanscombe
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
The Initial Incident On April 10, 2023, a significant cliff collapse occurred on the A226 Galley Hill Road in Swanscombe, Kent, leading to a major incident declaration. The collapse, triggered by a...
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Major Subsidence on M80: Uncovering the Impact of Historical Mine Workings
- Jul, 30, 2024
- Forensics Mining News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United Kingdom
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Recently, significant subsidence on the M80 at Junction 9 in South East Scotland has resulted in the closure of the northbound off-slip road. A 700mm deep hole appeared in the carriageway, raising im...
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Papua New Guinea landslide buries more than 2,000 people
- May, 24, 2024
- Landslides Slope Stability Forensics Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Papua New Guinea
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A devastating landslide took place in the early hours of Friday, May 24, in Papua New Guinea, leaving thousands of people missing. Furthermore, the landslide occurred around 3 a.m. local time in the...
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The unbelievable video of drilling rig boring through the Mecidiyeköy - Istanbul Airport metro line
- Jan, 22, 2024
- Tunneling Transportation Geotechnics Forensics Borehole Logging Underground Structures Other Geotechnical News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Turkey, İstanbul
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A video of an incident, that is hard to believe actually happened, has widely been circulated on the internet during this past weekend. Furthermore, the video captured the moment that a drilling rig...
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Prof. G. Gazetas' and Prof. E. Garini's preliminary report of the Noto Peninsula New Year's Day earthquake
- Jan, 08, 2024
- Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Other Geotechnical Engineering Seismology Forensics News On Publications News On Natural Disasters / Failures Other News
- Japan, Wajima
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Professor George Gazetas, from the National Technical University of Athens, along with Professor Evangelia Garini from the Technical University of Crete, created a preliminary report on Japan’s New Y...
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New paper explains the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Aegean Sea’s Kolumbo volcano
- Oct, 26, 2023
- Landslides Forensics Geomatics Geomorphology Numerical & Constitutive Modeling Other Geotechnical News On Research / Academia News On Publications Other News
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A new paper titled “Cascading events during the 1650 tsunamigenic eruption of Kolumbo volcano” was published on the 26th of October in the Nature Communications journal. Kolumbo is an underwater vol...
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Cliff collapse swept away a cemetery in Italy
- Mar, 22, 2021
- Landslides Forensics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Italy, Camogli
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A landslide carried away a cemetery situated at the edge of a cliff in northern Italy. The incident occurred on February 22, 2021, in a coastal area near the Italian city of Genoa. The cemetery that...
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Brazilian Dam Collapse in 2019: Vale fined $7 billion in compensation
- Feb, 04, 2021
- Dam Engineering Forensics Landslides News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- Brazil
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Vale, the company owning a mining waste dam that collapsed in 2019 was fined $7 billion in compensation. On January 25, 2019, an 86-meter dam operated by Vale, a multinational firm in the mining and...
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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 Engineering 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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