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Rockfall in New Zealand's road: One driver dead
A rock boulder detached from a slope near a road hitting a car and killing its driver in New Zealand. The incident occurred at about 1:50 pm local time on November 13, 2019, in the State Highway 6. T...
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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
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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Huge rockfall in Boulder Canyon triggered by blasting works
- Sep, 11, 2019
- Landslides Rock Mechanics News On Natural Disasters / Failures
- United States, Colorado
A huge rockfall caused by blasting works closed a highway located near Boulder, Colorado. The rockslide occurred on September 11, 2019. The scheduled blast was supposed to take down about 305 m3. How...
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What is geotechnical engineering? People in the streets answer
Let's see a wide range of answers about how common people perceive the term "geotechnics." Geotechnical engineering involves numerous scientific fields including soil and rock mechanics, hydrogeol...
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Earthquakes induced by injection wells
- Sep, 12, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Rock Mechanics Soil Dynamics In-Situ Seismic
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz found that bigger and more distant earthquakes can occur when injecting fluid into sedimentary rock than into the underlying basement rock. The evidence from this study...
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Italian Church miraculously saved by rockfall
- May, 29, 2018
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Rock Mechanics Engineering Geology
- Gallivaggio, Sondrio, Italy
A huge rockfall (in May 29, 2018) occured in North Italy but fortunately the local cathedral survived. The 5,000 cubic meter rockfall was triggered in Gallivaggio, a region in Lombardia. The sanctu...
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The ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposium Eurock 2018 approaches
- May, 22, 2018
- News On Events Rock Mechanics
- St. Petersburg Mining University, St. Petersburg, Russia
The ISRM European Rock Mechanics Symposion Eurock 2018 will be held on 22-27 of May, 2018 in St. Petersburg, Russia. The subject of the conference is denoted as ''Geomechanics and Geodyn...
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Photos Found from Aberdeen Sewer Construction in 1901
- Sep, 27, 2016
- News On Projects / Industry Foundation Design / Construction Rock Mechanics
- Aberdeen, Scotland
Bob Nicoll, an employee of the Scottish Water service has revealed photos in his possession from the 1901 construction of the Aberdeen sewer system. He rescued the photos along with other historica...
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Wykeham Farrance participated in the15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering
- Dec, 03, 2015
- Other News Soil Mechanics Rock Mechanics Site Characterization & In-Situ Testing (General) Other Geotechnical
Wykeham Farrance has participated to the 15th Pan-American Conference on Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering (XV PCSMGE) in Buenos Aires from 15th to 18th November 2015, that takes place ever...
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Massive Slab is in Jeopardy of Falling
- Sep, 07, 2015
- News On Natural Disasters / Failures Rock Mechanics Erosion
- Glen Canyon Dam Arizona USA
A 500,000-pound slab is up to crash down from a canyon wall to the base of Glen Canyon dam. In this type of rock, erosion is very common. A 500,000-pound slab is up to crash down from a canyon...
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