Geological layers detection and characterisation using high resolution 3D point clouds: Example of a box-fold in the Swiss Jura Mountains

European Journal of Remote Sensing

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 541-568

  Humair, Florian ^a   Abellan, Antonio ^a   Carrea, Dario ^a   Matasci, Battista ^a   Epard, Jean Luc ^a   Jaboyedoff, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

3D point clouds; Fold modelling; Geological layers; Lithology discrimination; Semi automatic segmentation

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; GEOMETRY; LITHOLOGY;

3D POINT CLOUD; GEOLOGICAL LAYERS; GEOMETRICAL ANALYSIS; LITHOLOGY DISCRIMINATION; POINT CLOUD SEGMENTATION; SEMI-AUTOMATIC SEGMENTATION; TERRESTRIAL LASER SCANNING; TERRESTRIAL PHOTOGRAMMETRIES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

AUTOMATION; DATA ASSIMILATION; DETECTION METHOD; FIELDWORK; FOLD; GEOMETRY; LASER METHOD; LAYER; LITHOLOGY; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; PRECISION; REMOTE SENSING; SEGMENTATION; SOFTWARE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

JURA MOUNTAINS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 84947288853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22797254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5721/EuJRS20154831     Document Type: Article

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