Image-based mapping of surface fissures for the investigation of landslide dynamics

Geomorphology

Volumn 186, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-27

  Stumpf, André ^a,b,c   Malet, Jean Philippe ^b   Kerle, Norman ^c   Niethammer, Uwe ^d   Rothmund, Sabrina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fissure; Geomorphological mapping; Image filtering; Landslide; Remote sensing; UAV

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; FISSURE; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL MAPPING; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LANDSLIDE; REMOTE SENSING;

EID: 84873730827     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.12.010     Document Type: Article

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