The application of geoelectric methods, such as induced polarization (IP), the electrical resistivity and the self-potential (SP), presents an important indirect study methodology in several areas of geology, such as mining, ...

The application of non-destructive methods of investigation in dams, such as refractive seismic analysis and multichannel surface wave analysis (MASW) are increasingly effective from the point of choosing the best dam site, ...

Technological evolution has enabled the advancement of security systems in practically all areas of knowledge. Dam engineering has also absorbed these new technologies. However, dam failures still occur. Thus, knowledge ...

The catastrophic effects of earthquakes that frequently hit the West coast of South America has motivated this research. The country of Ecuador, situated on the subduction border of the South American and Nazca tectonic ...

Dams are structures of immense relevance to people and public entities because they provide several resources that are essential to human development, such as water supply, irrigation, and electricity. Furthermore, dams ...

In this study we evaluated the effect of a dam on epilithic algal communities by analyzing community response after dam construction and by comparing community composition, structure and biomass upstream and downstream of ...

This paper discusses the issue of dam safety, commenting and discussing some historical dam break cases. The main types of dams are presented and the equipment used for monitoring dams. Moreover, we present a brief commentary ...

Because of their remote location and lack of supporting infrastructure, large glacial rivers of southern Patagonia have remained free of dams. But this is bound to change: two dams proposed for the Santa Cruz River would ...