Application of UAV photogrammetry for the multi-temporal estimation of surface extent and volumetric excavation in the Sa Pigada Bianca open-pit mine, Sardinia, Italy

Environmental Earth Sciences

Volumn 76, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Esposito, Giuseppe ^a   Mastrorocco, Giovanni ^a   Salvini, Riccardo ^a   Oliveti, Matilde ^a   Starita, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b EurGeol Paolo Starita Mining Consultant   (Italy)

Author keywords

Change detection; Open pit mining; Point cloud; UAV; Volume estimation

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXCAVATION; MINERAL RESOURCES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE; OPEN SYSTEMS; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; ROCK MECHANICS; SIGNAL DETECTION; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SURVEYS; UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

CHANGE DETECTION; CHANGE DETECTION ANALYSIS; GROUND CONTROL POINTS; POINT CLOUD; REHABILITATION STRATEGY; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL RESOLUTIONS; STRUCTURE FROM MOTION; VOLUME ESTIMATIONS;

OPEN PIT MINING;

DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ESTIMATION METHOD; EXCAVATION; GPS; GROUND CONTROL; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINING; OPEN PIT MINE; PHOTOGRAMMETRY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; UNMANNED VEHICLE; VOLUME;

ITALY; SARDINIA;

EID: 85010680143     PISSN: 18666280     EISSN: 18666299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12665-017-6409-z     Document Type: Article

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