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As 2019 comes to a close, IAEG would like to wish its members, partners and other industry professionals a safe and happy holiday season. As we reflect on the past year for the industry, we would like to provide the readers of IAEG Connector E-News a look at the most accessed articles from the year. Our regular publication will resume Wednesday, Jan. 8.
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The Landslide Blog
From March 13: A video has been posted onto YouTube showing a reasonably small but undeniably spectacular rockslide.
In the comments section .the location is described as being Uttarakhand, but no further details are provided.
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The Landslide Blog
From July 17: Another significant tailings dam failure occurred at Cobriza in Peru July 10. Cobriza is a copper mine — interestingly, some reports indicate that "the concentrator was operated at a rate quite below its capacity due to lack of mine ore and lately (2016 and 2017) due to lack of capacity in the tailings dam."
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BBC News
From Oct. 23: At least 15 people have died and 13 others are missing after a dam collapse at a gold mine in Siberia.
The dam, on the Seiba river in the region of Krasnoyarsk, burst after heavy rain, flooding cabins where workers lived.
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The Landslide Blog
From May 15: The journal Science published a very interesting perspective article on tailings dam failures. The gist of the article is summarized in this part of the conclusion:
“Given the number of tailings and ash impoundments around the world and their historical failure rate, more failures can be anticipated. The situation is aggravated by the tragic consequences often faced by the populations living downstream from the impoundment. Each incident prompts us to gain better physical insight, improve engineering practices and implement regulations to minimize the potential for future catastrophes.”
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The Landslide Blog
From May 22: On May 13, a significant rock avalanche occurred at Joffre Peak in British Columbia in Canada. This has been well-reported in the local newspapers — for example, City News 1130 has a good report, including links to seismic data that recorded the event.
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The Landslide Blog
From Feb. 27: On Feb. 17, a significant and potentially hazardous rockslide occurred in Longjing village, in Xingyi, Guizhou province, Southwest China. This landslide, which is formed primarily from dolomite, had a volume of about 1.4 million cubic meters.
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The Landslide Blog
From March 20: On Feb. 27, 2010, a huge earthquake occurred off the coast of Chile. With a magnitude of 8.8, the 2010 Chile megathrust earthquake (also known as the Maule earthquake) was the sixth largest event in the instrument record, rupturing a section of fault 450 kilometers from north to south and 150 kilometers from east to west, and with a hypocentre depth of 37 kilometers.
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IAEG
From May 29:  With the presence of Honorary Chief Guest Dr. Sunil Babu Shrestha, Vice-Chancellor of Nepal Academy of Science and Technology (NAST), the First Himalayan Engineering Geological Congress was kicked off together with distinguished delegates. As an essential part for the infrastructure and sustainable development, a detailed and precise knowledge of engineering geology and geotechniques are imperative to analyze geohazards, mitigate and prevent the outcomes of natural disasters. In this reference, First Himalayan Engineering Geological Congress (HEGC -I) on the major theme: “Engineering Geology and Geotechniques for Developing Countries” was held on May 12-13, 2019, at Hotel Radisson, Kathmandu Nepal, in association with the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA, Government of Nepal), Himalaya Conservation Group (HCG) and Nepalese Society of Engineering Geologists (NSEG).
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The Landslide Blog
From Aug. 7: As written by Dave Petley, "The (Northern Hemisphere) summer of 2019 is proving to be exceptionally active from a landslide perspective, with multiple events worldwide. Indeed, to date I have recorded 96 fatal landslide events in July alone, smashing the previous record of 88."
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Big Think
From May 8: Since 1969, some geologists have been puzzled by a 7.9-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Portugal. What was peculiar was the location of the epicenter: a flat, featureless section of seabed. Normally, you'd expect to see faults, underwater mountains, or other signs of tectonic activity near the site of such a powerful earthquake.
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Location |
| March 2-8, 2020 |
36th International Geological Congress |
Delhi, India
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| May 23-27, 2020 |
Cities on Volcanoes 11 |
Crete, Greece
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| Sept. 20-24, 2020 |
Euroengeo — 3rd European Regional Conference of IAEG |
Athens, Greece
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| May 3-7, 2021 |
ARC-13 |
Singapore
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| Sept. 10, 2021 |
FedIGS |
Warsaw, Poland
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| Sept. 14, 2022 |
FedIGS |
Chengdu, China
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| Sept. 15-20, 2022 |
IAEG Congress |
Chengdu, China
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| Sept. 18-22, 2022 |
International Geosynthetics Congress |
Rome, Italy
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