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Seismic monitoring of small alpine rockfalls – validity, precision and limitations
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Section 5.1 Geomorphology, Potsdam, Germany
Solmaz Mohadjer
University of Tübingen, Department of
Geosciences, Tübingen, Germany
Jens M. Turowski
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Section 5.1 Geomorphology, Potsdam, Germany
Todd A. Ehlers
University of Tübingen, Department of
Geosciences, Tübingen, Germany
Niels Hovius
GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences,
Section 5.1 Geomorphology, Potsdam, Germany
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Short summary
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.
We use a seismometer network to detect and locate rockfalls, a key process shaping steep...
