Application of an integrated geotechnical and topographic monitoring system in the Lorano marble quarry (Apuan Alps, Italy)

Salvini, Riccardo; Vanneschi, Claudio; Riccucci, Silvia; Francioni, Mirko; Gullì, Domenico

doi:10.1016/j.geomorph.2015.04.009

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“…To limit the impact of those errors, Sturzenegger and Stead (2009) suggested to couple traditional field measurements with remote sensing techniques. Indeed, techniques such as terrestrial laser scanning (TLS) and digital terrestrial photogrammetry (DTP) for rock mass characterization are increasingly being used, especially in engineering contexts where rock slopes subjected to excavation are analyzed (e.g., Kovanič and Blišťan 2014;Salvini et al 2015;Tuckey and Stead 2016). TLS and DTP allow accurate representation of rock outcrops employing stereoscopy, 3D textured point clouds, and interpolated models.…”

Section: The Use Of Uav For Rock Mass Classification and Structural Amentioning

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The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for engineering geology applications

Giordan

Adams

Aicardi

et al. 2020

Bull Eng Geol Environ

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This paper represents the result of the IAEG C35 Commission "Monitoring methods and approaches in engineering geology applications" workgroup aimed to describe a general overview of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their potentiality in several engineering geology applications. The use of UAV has progressively increased in the last decade and nowadays started to be considered a standard research instrument for the acquisition of images and other information on demand over an area of interest. UAV represents a cheap and fast solution for the on-demand acquisition of detailed images of an area of interest and the creation of detailed 3D models and orthophoto. The use of these systems required a good background of data processing and a good drone pilot ability for the management of the flight mission in particular in a complex environment.

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Section: The Use Of Uav For Rock Mass Classification and Structural Amentioning

confidence: 99%

The use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for engineering geology applications

Giordan

Adams

Aicardi

et al. 2020

Bull Eng Geol Environ

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“…Severe retreat processes, mainly occurring with landslides and erosion, are affecting, for instance, many of the coastal cliffs forming the rocky Italian coastline in various geological contexts (Iadanza et al, 2009;Furlani et al, 2014). Here, failures may affect cliff formed by carbonate rocks (e.g., Andriani and Walsh, 2007;Ferlisi et al, 2012), arenaceous-pelitic or calcareous-pelitic flysch (e.g., Budetta et al, 2000;De Vita et al, 2012), sandstones (e.g., Sciarra et al, 2015), shales (e.g., Raso et al, 2017), or volcanic rocks (e.g., Barbano et al, 2014).…”

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Integrated dataset of deformation measurements in fractured volcanic tuff and meteorological data (Coroglio coastal cliff, Naples, Italy)

Matano

Caccavale

Esposito

et al. 2020

Earth Syst. Sci. Data

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Abstract. Along the coastline of the Phlegraean Fields volcanic district, near Naples (Italy), severe retreat processes affect a large part of the coastal cliffs, mainly made of fractured volcanic tuff and pyroclastic deposits. Progressive fracturing and deformation of rocks can lead to hazardous sudden slope failures on coastal cliffs. Among the triggering mechanisms, the most relevant are related to meteorological factors, such as precipitation and thermal expansion due to solar heating of rock surfaces. In this paper, we present a database of measurement time series taken over a period of ∼4 years (December 2014–October 2018) for the deformations of selected tuff blocks in the Coroglio coastal cliff. The monitoring system is implemented on five unstable tuff blocks and is formed by nine crackmeters and two tiltmeters equipped with internal thermometers. The system is coupled with a total weather station, measuring rain, temperature, wind and atmospheric pressure and operating from January 2014 up to December 2018. Measurement frequencies of 10 and 30 min have been set for meteorological and deformation sensors respectively. The aim of the measurements is to assess the magnitude and temporal pattern of rock block deformations (fracture opening and block movements) before block failure and their correlation with selected meteorological parameters. The results of a multivariate statistical analysis of the measured time series suggest a close correlation between temperature and deformation trends. The recognized cyclic, sinusoidal changes in the width (opening–closing) of fractures and tuff block rotations are ostensibly linked to multiscale (i.e., daily, seasonal and annual) temperature variations. Some trends of cumulative multi-temporal changes have also been recognized. The full databases are freely available online at: https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.896000 (Matano et al., 2018) and https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.899562 (Fortelli et al., 2019).

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“…The integration of slope monitoring systems with conventional and numerical analyses is a crucial aspect in the study of landslides. This is highlighted by new research on slope monitoring using remote sensing techniques that have been recently proposed by Sharma et al (2016), Travelletti et al (2016), Salvini et al (2015b) and Kromer et al (2015a;. The results obtained from this research will improve the understanding of landslide behaviour.…”

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confidence: 70%