GROUND CONTROL

Graduate student identifies rockslide before it occurs

A rock slide has been averted by a Colorado School of Mines graduate student monitoring the slope

 Authorities installed an anchored mesh system to prevent rocks from falling onto a section highway after a graduate student shared data he had been collecting for his Master’s thesis

Authorities installed an anchored mesh system to prevent rocks from falling onto a section highway after a graduate student shared data he had been collecting for his Master’s thesis

"It was bigger than a Chevy Suburban," Malsam said. "The monitoring of this particular block didn't really fit into my research, but I paid attention once I noticed it was moving toward the road." He...

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