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2 years of Geotechnical Business Confidence Index Crowdsourcing Data by GeoWorld
It has been two years since GeoWorld introduced the Geotechnical Business Confidence Index (GBCI), which is intended to measure quarterly the short-term (1-year) and long-term (5-year) expectations f...
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Water storage after fracking related to seismic hazard
New study shows that the storage of water produced from oil and gas exploitation using hydraulic fracturing is correlated with earthquake hazard. Petroleum industry produces about 10 times mor...
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New insights about the seismic hazard of New Madrid area, Missouri
- Nov, 22, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Scientists have attempted to shed light on the earthquake vulnerability of the area around New Madrid, Missouri. About 200 years ago, the aforementioned region experienced a sequence of massive (ab...
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Co-seismic landslides threaten the development of hydropower plants in Nepal
A study reveals that the greatest risk of hydropower development in the Himalayas, one of the most beneficial regions for this energy resource, is landslides triggered by earthquakes. In spring of...
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Hazard of landslide-triggered tsunamis due to glaciers melting
A new study shows that landslides, on slopes where ice retreats, can trigger massive tsunamis. Ice behaves like a shelter for rocky slopes but as it melts, the risk of massive landslides increases....
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Earthquakes induced by injection wells
- Sep, 12, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Rock Engineering Soil Dynamics In-Situ Seismic
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
Researchers at UC Santa Cruz found that bigger and more distant earthquakes can occur when injecting fluid into sedimentary rock than into the underlying basement rock. The evidence from this study...
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Earthquakes can trigger seismic events on the opposite side of Earth
- Aug, 02, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
A research from scientists at Oregon State University shows that a severe earthquake can cause other quakes on the opposite side of the planet. The study, published in 2 of August 2018 (see at...
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Earthquake magnitude can be mitigated due to ground water pressure
- Aug, 15, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Seismic Oil & Gas
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
According to scientists from École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL and the Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, pressurized ground water can reduce the intensity of seismic events. Undergroun...
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New efficient laboratory test to determine soil productivity
Scientists at The Ohio State University and Cornell University have found a way to measure the health (productivity) of soils. The health of soils is very important when it comes to growing crops....
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Reconstructing the 1929 Grand Banks underwater avalanche
- Jul, 17, 2018
- News On Research / Academia Earthquake Reconnaissance Reconnaissance Of Natural Disasters Foundation Design / Construction
- Authored by: Geoengineer.org
In a research from the University of Liverpool the 1929 Grand Banks underwater avalanche was reconstructed to better understand these common geohazards. The avalanche was triggered by the Mw 7.2 Gr...
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