Archaeologists using high-resolution ground penetrating radar (GPR) have located a massive collection of stones less than 3 km from the well-known Stonehenge site. This grouping of 90 stones, up to 4.5 meters tall (14.7 feet) […]
A radar survey of Egypt’s Valley of the Kings hopes to find some of the missing tombs of Egyptian Queens and Pharaohs that have so far eluded archaeologists. Distinguishing natural faults and other geologic features […]
Airport authorities at the Charles B. Wheeler airport in Kansas City, MO were concerned about a leaking CMP joint 22-feet beneath the taxiway. The sand that was coming through the joint was detected on a […]
Police were investigating the driveway of a home in suburban Detroit where a man though he saw the body of Jimmy Hoffa being burried 35 years ago. They used ground penetrating radar to image a […]
At an archaeological site at Crow Canyon, near Cortez, Colorado, a team of archaeologists, supported by a PBS film crew, were using ground penetrating radar, magnetometry, and resistivity geophysical methods to try to image the […]
When sewer pipes crack and leak, the surrounding ground becomes saturated and soil can migrate into the pipe and leave behind a void. Eventually this void can expand until it undermines the pavement or other […]
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 […]
The US Army’s 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Division, Special Troops Battalion has been testing the Husky Mounted Detection System at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The vehicle is equipped with ground penetrating radar […]
A species of badgers is protected by law in the UK but their burrows can cause significant damage, undermining structures. At one site in Bexhill, East Sussex the problem was handled with a geophysics solution, […]
The City of Treasure Island, Florida (near Tampa) will be spending around $100k to repair approach embankments to the Isle of Capri and Isle of Palms bridges. …due to the degradation of seawalls and seals […]
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