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Indonesia to Build Monumental Suspension Bridge in Ring of Fire

October 27, 2007 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Indonesia to Build Monumental Suspension Bridge in Ring of Fire

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Geologists Recover Pieces of San Andreas Fault from 2 Miles Deep

October 7, 2007 rockman General Comments Off on Geologists Recover Pieces of San Andreas Fault from 2 Miles Deep

As a follow up to a previous post, the San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD) team has announced that they have successfully completed their drilling and obtained cores of the San Andreas Fault at depths in excess of 2 miles below the surface.  The zone of interest is approximately 135-ft in length. The core size is 4-in diameter. They have cemented in a 7-in casing and the next phase of the project will be to perforate the casing within the fault and install monitoring equipment consisting of seismometers, accelerometers, tiltmeters and a fluid pressure transducer. Read on for more info and links. (Image credit: EarthScope / NSF)

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Japan Quake Kills 9, Effects Nuclear Plant

July 19, 2007 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on Japan Quake Kills 9, Effects Nuclear Plant

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck Japan on 7/16/07, killing 9 and injuring more than 150. The hardest hit areas were near the town of Kashiwazaki, northwest of Tokyo. It triggered mudslides in the town that was already effected by a Typhoon several days before. One of the most newsworthy things about this earthquake is the damage to and minor leakage of radioactive waste and coolant from the world’s largest nuclear power plant in Kashiwazaki. Read on for links and video. (Photo by Kazuhiro Nogi, AFP – Getty Images)

 

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Project to pour water into volcano to make power

January 30, 2012 rockman Project Related Comments Off on Project to pour water into volcano to make power

I kept the same title of the source article for my post…it is a very simple explanation of the enhanced geothermal systems or EGS process of extracting geothermal energy from hot, dry rocks…even if it […]

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