Terrestrial laser scanning used to determine the geometry of a granite boulder for stability analysis purposes

Geomorphology

Volumn 106, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 271-277

  Armesto, J ^a   Ordonez C ^a   Alejano, L ^a   Arias, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

3D digital model; Granite boulder; Safety factor; Terrestrial laser scanning

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BOULDER; GEOMETRY; GRANITE; LASER METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; STABILITY ANALYSIS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 62649131081     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2008.11.005     Document Type: Article

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