Use of terrestrial laser scanning for the characterization of retrogressive landslides in sensitive clay and rotational landslides in river banks

Canadian Geotechnical Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1379-1390

  Jaboyedoff, Michel ^a   Demers, Denis ^b   Locat, Jacques ^c   Locat, Ariane ^c   Locat, Pascal ^b   Oppikofer, Thierry ^a   Robitaille, Denis ^b   Turmel, Dominique ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b Service de la géotechnique et de la géologie   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aerial and terrestrial laser scanning; Digital elevation models (DEM); Landslide; Rotational slide; Sensitive clays

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODELS (DEM); EMERGENCY SITUATION; LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING; NEW TOOLS; QUEBEC , CANADA; RETROGRESSIVE LANDSLIDE; RIVER BANK; SENSITIVE CLAYS; SWITZERLAND; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; VOLUME QUANTIFICATION;

BANKS (BODIES OF WATER); CLAY MINERALS; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DIGITAL INSTRUMENTS; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASERS; OPTICAL RADAR; SCANNING; STEEL BEAMS AND GIRDERS; SURVEYING INSTRUMENTS; TIME SERIES; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

SURVEYING;

CLAY; DIGITAL ELEVATION MODEL; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LANDSLIDE; LASER; LIDAR; RETROGRESSION; RIVER BANK; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

CANADA; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 72849146270     PISSN: 00083674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/T09-073     Document Type: Article

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