@inbook{314b177b5fe448f6b755a3b26e59c289,
title = "Geomorphological assessment of complex landslide systems using field reconnaissance and terrestrial laser scanning",
abstract = "Digital terrain models (DTMs) generated using ground-based laser scanning provide high-resolution bare earth models of the terrain surface suitable for the geomorphological studies. Using the elevation models, features such as scarps, back-tilted slope units, lobate accumulation zones and irregular topography can be enhanced to allow delineation and classification of landslides. The study identified that a combination of shaded relief models and the application of slope, curvature and topographic roughness filters provided the optimum method for landslide mapping using the terrestrial DTM data. This chapter describes a case study on the application of terrestrial laser scanning to a complex landslide terrain in the United Kingdom and illustrates the use of the topographic filters for landslide identification. The output from the topographic filters has been compared to a field-based geomorphological map; the results show that terrestrial laser scanning can provide for rapid and very detailed geomorphological assessment of landslide terrains that is comparable in accuracy and detail to field-based mapping.",
author = "Malcolm Whitworth and I. Anderson and G. Hunter",
note = "Additional Information: DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53446-0.00017-3.",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780444534460",
series = "Developments in Earth Surface Processes",
publisher = "Elsevier",
number = "15",
pages = "459--474",
editor = "M. Smith and P. Paron and J. Griffiths",
booktitle = "Geomorphological Mapping — Methods and Applications",
edition = "15",
}