GeoShanghai 2010

Call for abstracts extended to February 28, 2009. See link for details:

http://www.geoshanghai2010.org/

Topics include:

Soil behavior & geo-micromechanics
Soil dynamics & earthquake engineering
Deep excavations & retaining structures
Drilled shafts & deep foundations
Tunneling and underground constructions
Geotechnical in-situ testing & monitoring
Ground improvement
Geosynthetics
Engineering in karst terrain
Pavement mechanics
Environmental sustainable pavement engineering
Pavement management and maintenance
Seepage and porous mechanics
Unsaturated soil mechanics
Geoenvironmental engineering
Innovative testing for pavement materials
Geoinformatics
New frontiers in urban geotechnology
Case studies

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