Geophysics Forum

Wastewater from oil drilling is triggering earthquakes, and no one can predict where they will strike or how hard they will shake. https://www.insidescience.org/sites/default/files/images/articles/inline-images/south-side-after-quake----medium-width-crop-lowres.jpg Three miles below the town of Cush...

As the U.S. debates the border wall proposed by President Trump, a new, illicit world is emerging underground. And while Trump believes a wall will thwart illegal immigrants and drug dealers, it will do little to address the daunting labyrinth law enforcement authorities are confronting below the gr...

Ground penetrating radar (GPR) can enable tree managers to monitor the roots of street trees, helping to avoid pavement cracking and lifting and hence the cost of pavement repair or tree removal, according to an Australian study. http://www.hortweek.com/radar-can-save-costs-caused-street-tree-roots/...

http://www.archaeology.org/images/News/1707/Mexico-Teotihuacan-tunnels.jpg MEXICO CITY, MEXICO—A tunnel traveling from Teotihuacan’s Pyramid of the Moon to the center of the plaza in front of the structure has been discovered by a team of scientists from Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology ...

The board had roped in JNTU-H team to conduct soil condition tests through Ground Penetration Radar technology and identify cavities https://a6-10418-so.ssl.ucdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/HMWSSB.jpg Hyderabad: Efforts taken up to identify cavities beneath road surfaces that result in instances ...

Chocolate Flats Petroleum, Inc., an Environmental Exploration and Production company, goes nuclear and zeroes in on targets using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR). In an industry with high financial risks and rewards, nothing comes with higher risks than wildcatting for oil and gas deposits. Using t...

Tunnel Detection Technology Is “Lacking” “We need to bring the technology piece. Right now, it’s lacking,” Lenoir said. “I mean we’re talking about a niche problem that doesn’t have any parallel to commercial or industry standard.” Existing technology – ranging from ground-penetrating radar to senso...

The Northern Region State of Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DEPARTMENT), Division of Preconstruction Services, Design Section is soliciting professional services for Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) services for various projects. A complete description of services is contai...

1) The Long-Lost Tomb of Ahuizotl After a strong earthquake destroyed a Colonial Spanish building in 1985, archaeologists moved in with GPR to see what lay beneath. They managed to detect many underground chambers and the remains of Aztec emperor Ahuizotl. Ahuizotl ruled as emperor during Columbus' ...

Before and After_ Satellite Photos of Vast Big Sur Landslide _ The California Re.jpg Last Saturday night, a mountainside gave way along Highway 1, a mile or so down the road from the hamlet of Gorda on the southern end of the Big Sur coast. You can say lots of things about the landslide (depicted a...

http://www.cgg.com/data/1/rec_imgs/14283_CGG-M-P-Imaging-Thumb.jpg?refresh=543 Multi-Physics Imaging routinely provides geologically consistent Earth models, such as this Magnetotelluric conductivity inversion integrated with drilling data to define a hydrocarbon prospect. As a complement to CGG’s ...

https://www.acnnewswire.com/topimg/Low_FujitsuKawasakiFig1.jpg Kawasaki Geological Engineering Co., Ltd., Fujitsu Limited, and Fujitsu Traffic & Road Data Service Limited today announced that Kawasaki Geological Engineering has leveraged Fujitsu's AI engine to develop subsurface cavity survey techn...

https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/2017/1-thescienceof.png Ian Brady, who tortured and killed five children in the UK in the 1960s with his accomplice Myra Hindley, died in prison on May 15. Jailed in 1966, Brady buried four of his victims in shallow graves on Saddleworth Moor ...

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Munster is going high-tech in how it inspects its 528,000 linear feet of sanitary and storm sewers. On May 15, the Munster Town Council approved a $20,000 contract with Midwest Water Group Inc., which will use ground penetrating radar know as a Sewer Line Rapid Assessment Tool (SL-RAT) to inspect se...

The U.S. Geological Service recently announced its finding of the largest continuous natural gas deposit in the nation. It stretches from Louisiana to Texas and contains estimated reserves of 304.4 trillion cubic feet of gas. This represents almost 10 percent of the Energy Information Administration...

William Barrett Paid for $20250 Worth of Dawson Geophysical Co (DWSN) Stock, Energy Transfer Equity LP (ETE) Shorts Up By 9.57% William Barrett, director of Dawson Geophysical Co is the insider, our editorial team want to inform you for. Mr. William submitted a public document with the (SEC) reveali...

http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/chronline.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/3/8b/38beddc8-fdc3-11e5-a543-5f05d21766c5/57080bccc3997.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C1553 The Washington Geological Survey, a division of Washington State Department of Natural Resources, map published standardiz...

The seismic specialist saw a bit more activity in key areas during the most recent quarter. The past couple of years have been terrible for most of the energy industry, and seismic-services provider Dawson Geophysical (NASDAQ:DWSN) has gotten caught in the plunge in demand for new exploration effort...

There are nearly 56,000 defective bridges currently being used in the US and unsuspecting vehicles travel across them about 185 million time a day – but these structures could go at any moment. However, a team of researchers have designed a ‘robot bridge inspector’ that is said to cut down on the co...

New research has solved a long-standing mystery of how the world’s biggest and most active volcanoes formed in Hawaii. http://cdn.sci-news.com/images/2017/05/image_4838-Hawaiian-Volcanoes.jpg The research, published this week in the journal Nature, involved an international team of geoscientists fro...

Officers have cordoned off a number of lockups and a large tent has been erected over the site. The team has also brought in pneumatic drills and power tools to break the ground in Thurrock, Essex, after a tip-off about the 2001 murder. http://cdn.images.dailystar.co.uk/dynamic/1/photos/769000/Danie...

ELDRIDGE, Iowa -- Rumors of a forgotten graveyard in Eldridge, Iowa, may finally have some scientific backing. On Monday, May 8th, archaeologist Glenn Storey from the University of Iowa used ground-penetrating radar to scan Franklin Park. "He stopped and said, 'I think I found a pair,' and so I came...

Researchers from the New York University have discovered a basin in the Falkland Islands that shows signs of a large ancient impact crater. The crater suggests that this asteroid could be responsible for wiping out most of the ancient species of Planet Earth. Located in the Falkland Plateau, the cra...

Norway's Electromagnetic Geoservices has signed a new charter agreement for the vessel BOA Thalassa with BOA SBL at new and improved commercial terms. The new terms are valid through 1 October 2019 with an option to extend the new agreement through 1 April 2021. EMGS and the owners have agreed to a ...