Society News

317th IAEG Connector

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The big news this week is the announcement of Prof. Xuanmei Fan of China as the first Paul Marinos Distinguished World Lecturer. She will be booking talks very soon! Congratulations to her - she is wonderful and a perfect choice! There is also a condolence letter to our profession about the death of Dr. Evert Hoek this past week from the Chinese National Group. We also have a new photo from James Hamel - the very interesting Crazy Horse Memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota in the USA which is being carved from granite.

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316th IAEG Connector

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The big news this week is the passing away of one of the great mentors in our field, Dr. Evert Hoek. We will have a special tribute to him next week. There have been many geological news items from around the world, too. A large landslide happened in Indonesia and increased seismic activity under Mt. St. Helens in the United States signals that it is recharging.

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Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) Standards Newsletter, Edition 24

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The latest edition of the Victoria Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) Standards newsletter can be foundĀ online. The following DTP Standards have been published, updated or withdrawn during April, May and June. Road Standards are available to everyone and are published on the VicGov website. For queries, please contact [email protected] Rail Standards are available to everyone and are published on the VicGov website. For queries, please contact [email protected] You can access previous newsletters here.

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314th IAEG Connector

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There have been many geological news items from around the world. There is a large landslide emergency in the Dolomites of Italy, a peat landslide in the United Kingdom, and a rock topple in Brazil.

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ISRM Newsletter No. 66 – Summer 2024

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The latest issue of the ISRM Newsletter.

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Expressions of interest in Short Course on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Liquefaction

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ANCOLD is seeking expressions of Interest to attend a Short Course on Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering and Liquefaction.

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313th IAEG Connector

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This week we want to highlight the special announcement from our president about our 60th anniversary of IAEG! That is very exciting! There have been many geological news items from around the world, too. We had a tailings dam failure in chile, a sinkhole in a national park in the United States, and a meteotsunami in Malta.

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312th IAEG Connector

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This week we have a special announcement from our president about our 60th anniversary of IAEG! That is very exciting! There have been many geological news items from around the world, too. We had a very large landslide in the Teton Mountains of the United States and also the Swiss are detecting landslides with seismic waves.

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Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) Standards Newsletter, Edition 23

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The latest edition of the Victoria Department of Transport and Planning (DTP) Standards newsletter can be found online.

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311th IAEG Connector

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This week we announce the next African regional conference for Africa and a re-opening of nominations for the Richard Wolters Award. We are excited to again have photos from members around the world of projects that they are working on. This week we have two photos from Croatia From Dr. Iris Bostjancic of the Croatian Geological Survey. There have been many geological news items from around the world, too. The latest volcanic eruption from Iceland, groundwater depletion from Korea, and the largest lithium producers in the world are discussed.

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