Category Archives: geohazards

Was the Sichaun earthquake ‘boosted’ by reservoir loading?

Did human development increase the seismic hazard in Sichuan?
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards, geology

Latest on the Tangjiashan ‘quake lake’

A drainage channel has been cut, but the effect is still uncertain.
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Categories: earthquakes, geohazards

Notables and linkables

Good news, everbody! It seems that the continuing growth of the geoblogosphere is starting to get noticed, with articles in both the AAPG Explorer and Geotimes, who together appear to have interviewed a good number of us. I’m quoted in … Continue reading

Categories: academic life, bloggery, geohazards, public science

Lusi sinking into its own caldera

Study highlights subsidence of the Indonesian mud volcano, and also bolsters case for a human cause.
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Categories: geohazards, Lusi, paper reviews

Chinese army go into the geoengineering business

As a follow-up to Anne’s post yesterday, it seems that the state of the Tangjiashan ‘quake lake’, near Biechaun – formed by landslide damming in the aftermath of the Sichaun earthquake – is rapidly becoming the focus of major concern. … Continue reading

Categories: geohazards