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Assessment of the Evolution of a Landslide Using Digital Photogrammetry and LiDAR Techniques in the Alpujarras Region (Granada, Southeastern Spain)
by
Tomás Fernández 1,2,*
, José Luis Pérez 1,2, Carlos Colomo 1, Javier Cardenal 1,2, Jorge Delgado 1, José Antonio Palenzuela 3, Clemente Irigaray 3 and José Chacón 3
Tomás Fernández 1,2,*, José Luis Pérez 1,2, Carlos Colomo 1, Javier Cardenal 1,2, Jorge Delgado 1, José Antonio Palenzuela 3, Clemente Irigaray 3 and José Chacón 3
1
Department of Cartographic, Geodetic and Photogrammetric Engineering, University of Jaén, Campus de las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain
2
Centre for Advanced Studies in Earth Sciences (CEACTierra), University of Jaén, Campus de las Lagunillas s/n, 23071 Jaén, Spain
3
Department of Civil Engineering, University of Granada, Campus de Fuentenueva s/n, 18071 Granada, Spain
*
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Academic Editors: Francesca Cigna and Jesus Martinez-Frias
Geosciences 2017, 7(2), 32; https://doi.org/10.3390/geosciences7020032
Received: 4 March 2017 / Revised: 14 April 2017 / Accepted: 20 April 2017 / Published: 27 April 2017
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Observing Geohazards from Space)
In this work a detailed analysis of the temporal evolution of the Almegíjar landslide is presented. It is a rock slide located in the Alpujarras region (Granada, Spain) that has developed over the last 30 years. Six datasets and photogrammetric flights corresponding to the years 1956, 1984, 1992, 2001, 2008, and 2010 were surveyed. The more recent flight of 2010 combined an aerial digital camera and a LiDAR sensor and was oriented by means of in-flight data and tie points. This 2010 flight allowed for the generation of a reliable and high-precision Digital Terrain Model (DTM). The other flights were oriented using second-order ground control points transferred from the 2010 flight, and the corresponding DTMs were prepared by automatic matching and subsequent editing from the stereoscopic models. After comparing the DTMs of different dates, it has been observed that the landslide was triggered after 1984 and since then has evolved in an irregular pattern with periods of variable activity. On average, the ground surface dropped more than 8 m in depleted zones and rose nearly 4 m in the accumulation zones, with a velocity catalogued as very slow (about 15–30 cm/year) over a time span corresponding to a degree VIII of diachroneity. The total volume of the mobilized mass of this large contemporary slide was about 300 × 103 m3.
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Keywords:
landslide evolution; DTM; digital photogrammetry; LiDAR; Alpujarras region
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Fernández, T.; Pérez, J.L.; Colomo, C.; Cardenal, J.; Delgado, J.; Palenzuela, J.A.; Irigaray, C.; Chacón, J. Assessment of the Evolution of a Landslide Using Digital Photogrammetry and LiDAR Techniques in the Alpujarras Region (Granada, Southeastern Spain). Geosciences 2017, 7, 32.
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