Use of LIDAR in landslide investigations: a review

M Jaboyedoff, T Oppikofer, A Abellán, MH Derron… - Natural hazards, 2012 - Springer
This paper presents a short history of the appraisal of laser scanner technologies in
geosciences used for imaging relief by high-resolution digital elevation models (HRDEMs) …

Rockfall characterisation and structural protection–a review

A Volkwein, K Schellenberg… - … Hazards and Earth …, 2011 - nhess.copernicus.org
Rockfall is an extremely rapid process involving long travel distances. Due to these features,
when an event occurs, the ability to take evasive action is practically zero and, thus, the risk …

[HTML][HTML] Machine learning-based classification of rock discontinuity trace: SMOTE oversampling integrated with GBT ensemble learning

J Chen, H Huang, AG Cohn, D Zhang… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents a hybrid ensemble classifier combined synthetic minority oversampling
technique (SMOTE), random search (RS) hyper-parameters optimization algorithm and …

A critical review of rock slope failure mechanisms: The importance of structural geology

D Stead, A Wolter - Journal of Structural Geology, 2015 - Elsevier
Geological structures such as folds, faults, and discontinuities play a critical role in the
stability and behaviour of both natural and engineered rock slopes. Although engineering …

A new approach for semi-automatic rock mass joints recognition from 3D point clouds

AJ Riquelme, A Abellán, R Tomás… - Computers & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Rock mass characterization requires a deep geometric understanding of the discontinuity
sets affecting rock exposures. Recent advances in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) …

[HTML][HTML] A state-of-the-art review of automated extraction of rock mass discontinuity characteristics using three-dimensional surface models

R Battulwar, M Zare-Naghadehi, E Emami… - Journal of Rock …, 2021 - Elsevier
In the last two decades, significant research has been conducted in the field of automated
extraction of rock mass discontinuity characteristics from three-dimensional (3D) models …

Close-range terrestrial digital photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning for discontinuity characterization on rock cuts

M Sturzenegger, D Stead - Engineering Geology, 2009 - Elsevier
This paper reviews the application of close-range terrestrial digital photogrammetry and
terrestrial laser scanning for discontinuity characterization on rock cuts. Terrestrial remote …

Terrestrial laser scanning of rock slope instabilities

A Abellán, T Oppikofer, M Jaboyedoff… - Earth surface …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This manuscript presents a review on the application of a remote sensing technique
(terrestrial laser scanning, TLS) to a well‐known topic (rock slope characterization and …

Review of Earth science research using terrestrial laser scanning

J Telling, A Lyda, P Hartzell, C Glennie - Earth-Science Reviews, 2017 - Elsevier
The application of advanced remote sensing technologies, including terrestrial laser
scanning (TLS), to the Earth sciences has increased rapidly in the last two decades …

Semi-automatic extraction of rock mass structural data from high resolution LIDAR point clouds

G Gigli, N Casagli - International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this paper a Matlab tool called DiAna (Discontinuity Analysis), for the 2D and 3D geo-
structural analysis of rock mass discontinuities on high resolution laser scanning data is …