

Elisabeth Bowman
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@lis_bowman
Reader in Geomechanics










Abstract submissions for the 5th European Conference on Physical Modelling in Geotechnics (ECPMG 2024) have been extended to Friday 1st of December 2023. Please check the website here tc104-issmge.com/ecpmg-2024/man… for further information on the abstract submission.










The image on the left shows what's left of the upper dam in #Derna #Libya after it failed, causing devastation in the city below. This is an embankment dam - the impermeable clay core (brown) was supported by the rockfill embankments (grey).

