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Research article
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05 Dec 2017
Research article |
| 05 Dec 2017
Unravelling earth flow dynamics with 3-D time series derived from UAV-SfM models
François Clapuyt
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and
Climate Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Veerle Vanacker
Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and
Climate Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
Fritz Schlunegger
Institut für Geologie, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Kristof Van Oost
Earth and Life Institute, Georges Lemaître Centre for Earth and
Climate Research, Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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Short summary
This work aims at understanding the behaviour of an earth flow located in the Swiss Alps by reconstructing very accurately its topography over a 2-year period. Aerial photos taken from a drone, which are then processed using a computer vision algorithm, were used to derive the topographic datasets. Combination and careful interpretation of high-resolution topographic analyses reveal the internal mechanisms of the earthflow and its complex rotational structure, which is evolving over time.
This work aims at understanding the behaviour of an earth flow located in the Swiss Alps by...
