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Factors that affect the quality of undisturbed soil sampling
The are several factors that need to be taken into account in order to optimize the quality of an undisturbed soil sample. The are several factors that need to be taken into account in order to optim...
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Continuous oil and natural gas resources found in Texas and New Mexico
According to United States Geological Survey (USGS), Wolfcamp Shale and overlying Bone Spring Formation in the Delaware Basin part of Texas and New Mexico's Permian Basin province contain a vast quant...
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Bridge constructed without geotechnical investigation directly collapses
The Dyck Memorial Bridge, constructed in the Rural Municipality of Clayton approximately 300km east of Saskatoon, collapsed just six hours after its opening. The Dyck Memorial Bridge, constructed in...
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New study links Raton Basin earthquakes to oil and gas wastewater injections
A series of earthquakes between 2008 and 2010 in the Raton Basin - along the southern Colorado and northern New Mexico border – was likely due to fluids pumped underground during oil and gas wastewate...
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Oklahoma faces seismic risk due to drilling activity
According to the U.S. Geological Survey annual forecast on natural and human–induced seismic risk, Oklahoma and Kansas may experience serious ground shaking during 2017 due to the drilling activity of...
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