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Whale Songs to Image the Ocean Subsurface

February 17, 2021 rockman Comments Off

A cool new study indicates there may be potential for seismologists to gather information on the ocean subsurface using passive seismic data collection with whale songs as the seismic source! Researchers from Oregon State University […]

Whale forming in tailings pond over peat

Whales in Geomembranes: Stronger than Concrete

January 27, 2011 rockman 1

Geosynthetica has some interesting photos of so called ‘whales’ in geomembranes. These giant bubbles are caused by a variety of things, but are essentially gas trapped underneath the geomembrane that can have significant buoyant force, […]