Sinkhole characterization in the Dead Sea area using airborne laser scanning

Natural Hazards

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1135-1154

  Filin, Sagi ^a   Baruch, Amit ^a   Avni, Yoav ^b   Marco, Shmuel ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Airborne laser scanning; Dead Sea; Land degradation; Sinkholes

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AIRBORNE SENSING; COASTAL PLAIN; GEOMORPHOLOGY; KARSTIFICATION; LAKE LEVEL; LAND DEGRADATION; LASER METHOD; MONITORING SYSTEM; SINKHOLE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

DEAD SEA;

EID: 79961026817     PISSN: 0921030X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11069-011-9718-7     Document Type: Article

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