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The ?eld of geosciences is full of scienti?c fascination and
questions that are crucial for humanity. Our ?uid environment (the
atmosphere, oceans, rivers, etc. ) is responsible for climate,
hurricanes, ?oods and other phen- ena characterised by rapid
changes. These have to be contrasted with the permanence of our
solid underground made of soil, rock, ice and snow. H- ever, this
permanence is only apparent as shown for example by earthquakes and
landslides, but also by a number of other processes of deformation.
Such processes are nowadays of high importance whenever we look to
the future (think for example of disposal of radioactive waste or
carbon dioxide) or to the past (prospectionof oil,gasand ore). But
also shortrangeextrapolations are important if we look e. g. at the
prediction and mitigation of landslides or the foundation of oil
and gas production plants o?shore or on glaciers. Geosciences are
pronouncedly multidisciplinary as they comprise perhaps the most
widespread collection of disciplines, such as geology, geophysics,
physics, geochemistry, geography, geotechnical and geoenvironmental
en- neering, Unfor petroleum engineering, soil mechanics and rock
mechanics- tunately, often these disciplines operate rather
independent of each other andthe increasing quest for
transdisciplinary exchange is inhibited by the di?erentlanguages
and views prevailing in the various disciplines. It appears thus
that mechanics could o?er a substantial link across d- ciplines, at
least with respect to geotechnical engineering and geology.
The ?eld of geosciences is full of scienti?c fascination and
questions that are crucial for humanity. Our ?uid environment (the
atmosphere, oceans, rivers, etc. ) is responsible for climate,
hurricanes, ?oods and other phen- ena characterised by rapid
changes. These have to be contrasted with the permanence of our
solid underground made of soil, rock, ice and snow. H- ever, this
permanence is only apparent as shown for example by earthquakes and
landslides, but also by a number of other processes of deformation.
Such processes are nowadays of high importance whenever we look to
the future (think for example of disposal of radioactive waste or
carbon dioxide) or to the past (prospectionof oil,gasand ore). But
also shortrangeextrapolations are important if we look e. g. at the
prediction and mitigation of landslides or the foundation of oil
and gas production plants o?shore or on glaciers. Geosciences are
pronouncedly multidisciplinary as they comprise perhaps the most
widespread collection of disciplines, such as geology, geophysics,
physics, geochemistry, geography, geotechnical and geoenvironmental
en- neering, Unfor petroleum engineering, soil mechanics and rock
mechanics- tunately, often these disciplines operate rather
independent of each other andthe increasing quest for
transdisciplinary exchange is inhibited by the di?erentlanguages
and views prevailing in the various disciplines. It appears thus
that mechanics could o?er a substantial link across d- ciplines, at
least with respect to geotechnical engineering and geology.
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