Erosion processes in calanchi in the Upper Orcia Valley, Southern Tuscany, Italy based on multitemporal high-resolution terrestrial LiDAR and UAV surveys

Geomorphology

Volumn 269, Issue , 2016, Pages 8-22

  Neugirg, F ^a   Stark, M ^a   Kaiser, A ^b   Vlacilova, M ^b,c   Della Seta, M ^d   Vergari, F ^d   Schmidt, J ^b   Becht, M ^a   Haas, F ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF EICHSTÄTT INGOLSTADT   (Germany)

^b TU BERGAKADEMIE FREIBERG   (Germany)

^c CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

^d SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Calanchi; SfM; TLS; UAV

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; IMAGE PROCESSING; LIDAR; ORTHOPHOTO; UNMANNED VEHICLE;

ITALY; ORCIA VALLEY; SIENA [TUSCANY]; TUSCANY;

EID: 84975799341     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2016.06.027     Document Type: Article

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