Mapping surface deformation in open pit iron mines of Carajás Province (Amazon Region) using an integrated SAR analysis

Engineering Geology

Volumn 193, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-78

  Paradella, Waldir R ^a   Ferretti, Alessandro ^b   Mura, José C ^a   Colombo, Davide ^b   Gama, Fabio F ^a   Tamburini, Andrea ^b   Santos, Athos R ^a   Novali, Fabrizio ^b   Galo, Mauricio ^c   Camargo, Paulo O ^c   Silva, Arnaldo Q ^d   Silva, Guilherme G ^a   Silva, Aristotelina ^e   Gomes, Leonardo L ^e  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b Tele Rilevamento Europa   (Italy)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARÁ   (Brazil)

^e VALE S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Amazon region; DInSAR; Geodetic monitoring; Mining areas; Open pit deformation; TerraSAR X

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; EXCAVATION; GEOMECHANICS; IRON MINES; RADAR; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROCK MECHANICS; ROCKS; SATELLITES; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR;

AMAZON REGION; D-INSAR; GEODETIC MONITORING; MINING AREAS; OPEN PIT; TERRASAR-X;

OPEN PIT MINING;

DEFORMATION; GEODESY; GEOTECHNICAL MAPPING; IRON ORE; OPEN PIT MINE; SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR; TERRASAR-X;

AMAZONIA; BRAZIL; CARAJAS; PARA [BRAZIL];

EID: 84928572109     PISSN: 00137952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.04.015     Document Type: Article

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