Articles | Volume 5, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-653-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-5-653-2017
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16 Oct 2017
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Seismic monitoring of small alpine rockfalls – validity, precision and limitations

Michael Dietze, Solmaz Mohadjer, Jens M. Turowski, Todd A. Ehlers, and Niels Hovius

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by Editor) (31 Aug 2017) by Carlos Castillo
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ED: Publish as is (12 Sep 2017) by Douglas Jerolmack (Editor)
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We use a seismometer network to detect and locate rockfalls, a key process shaping steep mountain landscapes. When tested against laser scan surveys, all seismically detected events could be located with an average deviation of 81 m. Seismic monitoring provides insight to the dynamics of individual rockfalls, which can be as small as 0.0053 m3. Thus, seismic methods provide unprecedented temporal, spatial and kinematic details about this important process.