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Geo-Institute's GeoConstructability Report

GeoConstructability – An Owner’s Guide Obtaining Essential Geotechnical Information for Construction

June 19, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A new report issued by the Geo-Institute and prepared by the Geotechnical Constructability Task Force is targeted at owners, and seeks to educate them on why they need the services of a geotechnical engineer and […]

Iowa county evacuates as Missouri River tops levee and sand boil forms a geyser

June 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Residents of Iowa County were forced to evacuate as the swollen Missouri River caused a breach in one of its levees. What I found interesting was a description of a sand boil geyser: A Black […]

Global evaporation and precipitation differences, the main elements in the global water cycle.

New NASA Salt Mapper to Spice Up Climate Forecasts

June 13, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The salinity of the ocean is one component of global climate modeling, and up until now, it is a component with sparse and irregular data points. Traditional salinity measurements have been taken by ship, buoy […]

Indonesian mud volcano after just 2 years of continuous eruption. Some scientists say it could continue for the next 25 to even 80 years.

Indonesian Mud Volcano Marks 5 Years

June 9, 2011 rockman Comments Off

The truly unique Sidoarjo mud volcano in Indonesia has erupted continuously for 5 years now. More than 40,000 people have been displaced and 12 villages destroyed. The rate of erruption has ‘slowed’ to 10,000 cubic […]

Springhill landslide movement rates for 2010-2011

The Springhill Landslide in Utah

June 9, 2011 rockman Comments Off

This is a nice overview of a slow-moving landslide in a Salt Lake City, Utah neighborhood where you can go on Google Earth and do your own aerial photo analysis using Google’s historic aerial imagery. […]

Sand boil near Lake Bruin State Park in St. Joseph, La.

Army chief says levee system is holding up amid historic flooding

June 9, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Despite some sand boils found along the Mississippi River, Gen. Martin Dempsey, the Armyâ€™s chief of staff, said “the levee system has done its job, up and down this river.” Mike Stack, the chief of […]

Space archaeologist, Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak

Egyptian tombs discovered with infrared satelite imagery

June 7, 2011 rockman 2

Remote sensing with 1-m resolution infrared satellite imagery has allowed US Egyptologist Dr Sarah Parcak to discover a multitude of new archeological sites in Egypt. Her work was the subject of a BBC documentary where […]

No quick fix for huge landslide near Jackson Hole, Wyoming

June 7, 2011 rockman Comments Off

A huge 35,000 to 40,000 cubic yard landslide has blocked Highway 26/89 for about 300 feet with material about 40 feet high. The slide is about 2000 feet long, terminating in the Snake River. It […]

Sinkhole in a Beijing Street on April 26, 2011 - possibly resulting from tunneling ground loss from Beijing subway construction

Tunneling ground loss sinkhole opens in Beijing street, swallows truck

June 6, 2011 rockman Comments Off

On April 26, a sinkhole opened up in a busy Beijing street in China’s capital city, swallowing up a truck. According to news reports, the driver and passenger jumped out of the vehicle before it […]

Weekend CUP for June 6, 2011

June 6, 2011 rockman Comments Off

Industry Article: Evaluating Cleanup at Hamilton Army Airfield Using EQuIS and ArcGIS – Source: Bentley Geotechnical Sinkhole insurance reforms in Florida – Source: HeraldTribune.com via Geology.com Rock socketed piles upgrade Australia port – Source: National […]