Application of airborne LiDAR to mapping seismogenic faults in forested mountainous terrain, southeastern Alps, Slovenia

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 20, 2006, Pages

  Cunningham, Dickson ^a   Grebby, Stephen ^a   Tansey, Kevin ^a   Gosar, Andrej ^b,c   Kastelic, Vanja ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Agency of the Republic of Slovenia   (Slovenia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTHQUAKES; FORESTRY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HAZARDS; LANDFORMS; MAPPING; OPTICAL RADAR; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

FAULT TRENCHING; SEISMOGENIC FAULTS; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; TREE REMOVAL ALGORITHM;

SEISMOLOGY;

AIRBORNE SENSING; CANOPY; EARTHQUAKE; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIDAR; MAPPING; SEISMIC HAZARD; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TOPOGRAPHIC MAPPING;

EARTH MOVEMENT; FORESTS; GEOLOGY; HAZARDS; MAPPING; MOUNTAINS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; RADAR; TOPOGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 33845662238     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027014     Document Type: Article

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