Large Sinkhole Opens Near Denver City, Texas
Miscellaneous
Video: Plotting Strike & Dip Symbols in Google Earth using RockWorks
This video shows a very cool way of representing strike and dip measurements in Google Earth using a RockWorks tool.
Available Resources
UC Berkley GeoEngineering Lectures on YouTube
UC Berkley has a bunch of lectures online, including three geoengineering themed ones. It appears that they were all from lectures given as a part of the 27th Annual GeoEngineering Distinguished Lecture Series on May 8, 2009. So if you have an hour plus to kill per lecture (and I haven’t yet), you can check out one of the following.
Geologic Hazards
What Makes a Sinkhole a Sinkhole?
The Florida Geological Survey probably deals with more sinkholes than most agencies. The most frequent geologic cause of sinkholes is dissolution of limestone and other soluble rocks and the collapse of the soil cover over […]