- Death toll in NW China landslide rises to 23 – China Daily
- Italian Team Repairing Collapsed Head-Race Tunnel at Ethiopian Dam – ENR: Engineering News Record
- OSHA Cites Company Following Trench Fatality – KPVI NEWS 6 via ASCE SmartBrief
- Ignorance over structural behaviour identified as key factor in Irish bridge collapse – New Civil Engineer
- Glenwood Canyon Rock Slide: Workers Breaking Up Boulder As Woman Killed By Falling Rock On Detour Route – Huffington Post via USGS Landslides
- Problem Rock Threatening I-70 in Colorado’s Glenwood Canyon – CDOT Delays Opening Highway Impacted by Rockslide – GJSentinel.com via USGS Landslides
- Pulte To Buy Back Damaged Texas Homes after Retaining Wall Failure – WSJ.com
- Multifunction Sensor embedded geotextiles, the next step in high tech geotechnical monitoring? – SPIE.org
- Update: Devil’s Slide tunnel opening schedule – MontaraFog.com
- Failure of a Segmental Retaining Wall – Lessons Learned – Treadwell & Rollo
- Flatiron Construction is low bidder on I-70 rockslide repairs – Denver Business Journal
- Compressed air storage of renewable energy – Arizona Geology
Geologic Hazards
Huge Undersea Landslide Caused Tsunami in Great Britain, Norway
The largest known undersea landslide occurred over 8,000 years ago off the coast of Norway. The volume of material that moved is mind-blowing, over 4.6 X 1012 cubic yards or 850 cubic miles! Known as […]
Geologic Hazards
China Flooding and Landslides – Three Gorges Dam Being Tested
China has been getting pounded recently by heavy rains and flooding. Here are a few stories I’ve come across in this department. Three Gorges Dam flooding turns deadly; dozens missing in China – Source: CSMonitor.com […]
Geologic Hazards
Landslide Tracking Using Social Media
Some clever researchers have devised an algorithm to collect information on landslides occurring around the world by analyzing social media posts. They use a variety of search terms to flag a post as being potentially […]