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Dead Sea Sinkholes, photo by urban_hipster via Flickr

Dead Sea Sinkhole Could Swallow Tourists, Close Facilities

June 25, 2009 rockman Comments Off

Sinkholes at the Dead Sea have threatened tourists and forced Israeli (and perhaps Jordanian)authorities to close various facilities and cancel development plans to avoid these geologic hazards. These are not your typical Karst sinkholes. According […]

Swedish Nuclear Waste Repository Could Begin Construction in 2016

June 24, 2009 rockman Comments Off

ENR reports that a nuclear waste repository for spent nuclear fuel in Sweden could begin construction as early as 2016. The facility would consist of 50km of tunnels in granite bedrock up to 500-m deep. […]

Geo-Institute Releases Jet Grouting Guideline Document

June 24, 2009 rockman Comments Off

Jet Grouting is a ground improvement technology used to mix the insitu soils with cement to create a soil cement column. The systems can be single, double or triple fluid jet grouting. The common element […]

Press Releases

GEO5 Finite Element (FEM) and Tunneling Software Distributed by gINT Software

June 22, 2009 rockman 1

GEO5 Finite Element Method software increases design safety, feasibility

Santa Rosa, CA – June 16, 2009 – gINT Software, Inc.

FINE Software’s GEO5 FEM and Tunnel software is newly available in North America through its exclusive distributor, gINT Software. GEO5 FEM is designed for civil engineering firms looking for cost-effective solutions for both new development projects and for existing sites affected by geotechnical problems such as terrain settlement, excavation and slope stability, sheet piling, and underpinning.

[Editor] Disclosure: gINT Software, Inc. is a sponsor of GeoPrac. All images courtesy of gINT. Read on for the rest of the press release. [/Editor] […]

Trimble Yuma Field Tablet PC has Pricing Info

June 17, 2009 rockman Comments Off

Trimble Yuma ruggedized tablet PC

I introduced this ruggedized field tablet PC by Trimble here back in March, but there wasn’t any pricing information available at that time. To refresh, it has a military grade ruggedized design to keep out dirt and water, 32GB solid state drive (no moving parts), built in GPS, Wi-Fi, bluetooth 2.0, 2 integrated digital cameras with geotagging functionality (why 2?), Windows Vista Business, and a 7″ sunlight readable screen all in a 2.6-lb package. Read on for the $$.

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NASA JPL Gulf Stream III research test bed with Synthetic Aperture Radar pod underneath.

Good Stuff From Ontario-geofish

June 17, 2009 rockman Comments Off

NASA JPL Gulf Stream III research test bed with Synthetic Aperture Radar pod underneath. This is not the first time I’ve posted links to blog posts from the Ontario-geofish blog by Harold A. Some times I blatantly rip him off, but hopefully he doesn’t mind since I try to credit him whenever I post about an article he found. I guess he has more time for surfing since he’s retired! 🙂 Here are a couple of his recent posts that I found interesting. (Image by NASA)

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[Fixed] Video: Keller Geotechnical installing Ground Anchors at Gainsboro

June 15, 2009 rockman Comments Off

Nothing too exciting here, but geotechnical videos are kind of few and far between, so I like to share them. It looks like its some kind of anchored sheet pile wall.

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