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Earth Fissures on Phoenix PBS Affiliate “Horizon” Show

June 5, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Earth Fissures on Phoenix PBS Affiliate “Horizon” Show

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April 29, 2008 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Earth Fissures in the News

Arizona State Geologist Lee Allison blogged about some recent news coverage of earth fissures as a result of the AZGS’ release of the first of their earth fissure maps. Here is what he said:

The East Valley Tribune published an extensive set of news features on earth fissures in their Sunday edition, including timeline, maps, videos, and an animation of how fissures form.

KPHO, CBS channel 5 in Phoenix, also has a nice video segment with great aerial shots of the 2005 fissure in Chandler Heights that triggered the recent interest in this hazard.

Here is the video he was referring to.

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Preparing for the Big One: Assessing American Building Codes

June 21, 2010 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Preparing for the Big One: Assessing American Building Codes

Audio files and PowerPoint presentations from an ENR-moderated panel discussion on June 8, 2010 discussing US seismic codes in the context of the observations made from the recent Haiti and Chile earthquakes. The 2010 earthquakes […]

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The AGHP is sponsoring a webinar on Thursday, April 28 at 2pm EDT on snow avalanche dynamics and impact loading by Bruce Jamieson and Dave Gauthier. This webinar will provide an overview of snow avalanche […]

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