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A massive, possibly 50 million cubic meter landslide occurred on Thursday in Kahramanmaraş Province of Turkey. Not too many details yet, but early reports had 9 miners missing and 1 killed. The landslide occurred in […]

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The Historic Role of Geotextiles in the Dutch Delta Works and the Geosynthetics Field

March 18, 2013 rockman Project Related Comments Off on The Historic Role of Geotextiles in the Dutch Delta Works and the Geosynthetics Field

TenCate geosynthetics was a textile technology company in 1953 when disastrous flooding struck the Netherlands. The company came up with some of the first applications of geosynthetics that allowed the creation of the Oostershelde Flood […]

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GEER Report for Hurricane Sandy

July 3, 2013 rockman Geologic Hazards Comments Off on GEER Report for Hurricane Sandy

The Geotechnical Extreme Events Reconnaissance or GEER group funded by the NSF puts experts on the ground in the aftermath of natural disasters to collect geotechnical data that can used in case studies and ultimately […]