Project Related
Double Breakthrough Connects the Brenner Base Tunnel Beneath the Alps
Both main tubes of the Brenner Base Tunnel have broken through at the Austria-Italy border, about 1,400 meters below the Brenner Pass. […]
Austria
Geologic Hazards
Video: Amazing Debris Flow Footage from Virgen, Austria
The Landslide Blog posted this amazing video of a debris flow, or series of debris flows in the town of Virgen, Austria. The flows happened towards the beginning of August after some heavy rainfall. This […]
Failures
Fatal retaining wall failure in Austria
A retaining wall failed along the A13 autobahn in Schonberg, Austria. Few details are available at this point, but the wall did fall onto a passing truck, killing the driver. Snowmelt was likely a factor […]
Geoarchaeology
GPR used to discover Roman gladiator school in Austria
Ground penetrating radar was used to map the remains a Roman gladiator school about 40 miles outside of Vienna, Austria. The find is reported to be “spectacular”, compared to the Ludus Magnus – the largest […]
Geologic Hazards
Landslide at Traunsee Lake in Austria
The people living on the eastern bank of the Traunsee (map on following page) in Austria are able to observe geology in motion these days. About one million tons of soil and rock are moving in a slow landslide toward the lake, throwing over trees (picture at left) and threatening to take parts of a village with them. More…