Website links, new publications in geotechnical engineering and engineering geology and Google Earth related information can be found in this section.
An iPhone and iPad App put together by Columbia University. From the iTunes Description: Explore your planet as never before with the mobility of EarthObserver. Use your fingertips to travel through terrestrial landscapes and across […]
This is a great example of a tremendously useful tool built on Google Earth. Of course it’s still in the research stage, but you can still get your pyromania on on the Mediterranean island of […]
For the hard core geologists and gemologists, why carry a hand lens in the field when you can snap a photo with your phone? Reviewer is a gemologist, but could potentially have other applications as […]
At only 4.8-mm in diameter and 54-mm long, it’s about as long as a finger, and thinner than a pencil! I’m guessing their claims of being the world’s smallest are probably valid. The small size […]
Fugro is offering free 1, 2 and 3-day classes on water investigation techniques, cone penetration testing, and engineering and environmental geophysics at several UK locations in the coming months. The water services course had it’s […]
[Editor] Updated 12-13-2010, Forgot the link! Sorry about that. [/Editor] The Ohio DOT issued what appears to be a comprehensive rock slope design manual back in June of this year that was also released by […]
GEO-SLOPE just announced last week that they have posted over 30 hours of training videos for learning their popular GeoStudio 2007 geotechnical software package. The videos are based on the content of their training workshops, […]
They cited 10 references related to the lateral spreading of soft soils compacted in highway applications. The citations were published between 2010 and 1994 and include seven references from conference proceedings and journals, two technical […]
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 669: Models for Predicting Reflection Cracking of Hot-Mix Asphalt Overlays explores mechanistic-based models for predicting the extent and severity of reflection cracking in hot-mix asphalt overlays. [Source: […]
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 663: Design of Roadside Barrier Systems Placed on MSE Retaining Walls explores a design procedure for roadside barrier systems mounted on the edge of a mechanically stabilized […]
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