Hazards
February 10, 2011
Hazardous Soils in Colorado
This educational video, produced in 2011, explores the various problems that arise from hazardous soil conditions — expansive, collapsible/compressible, hydrocompactive,…
mitigation
Hazards
April 26, 2005
Case Study: mine subsidence, CSM
For decades, the west side of the Colorado School of Mines (CSM) main campus had subsidence issues related to…
Hazards
June 19, 1995
Case Study: Rockfall – Manitou Springs
by Jon White Manitou Springs occupies a narrow valley where Fountain Creek emerges from the foothills northeast of Pikes Peak and west of Colorado Springs. The valley slopes are composed of interbedded resistant sandstone and conglomerates (i.e., gravelly sandstone), and weaker mudstones and shale. The outcropping sandstone is most prevalent on the steeper slopes on the north side of the valley.