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Geologic Hazards
Home Owners Insurance Doesn’t Cover Geologic Hazards
Anyone who owns a house or is looking to buy one should be aware that nearly all home owner’s insurance policies will not cover them in the event their home is damaged by common geologic processes including floods, landslides, earthquakes, subsidence, and expansive or swelling soils. (Image by Geology.com)
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More Free Online Journal Access from Springer
Springer is the publisher of a number of geo-industry journals. They have recently sent an email notifying of free access to various Hydrogeology journals. But I have found out that their definition of Hydrogeology is rather broad, and the free access applies to a number of journals such as…
Geologic Hazards
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 […]