Automated extraction and evaluation of fracture trace maps from rock tunnel face images via deep learning

J Chen, M Zhou, H Huang, D Zhang, Z Peng - International Journal of Rock …, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper proposes an image-based method for automated rock fracture segmentation and
fracture trace quantification. It is integrated using a CNN-based model named FraSegNet, a …

[HTML][HTML] Detection and geometric characterization of rock mass discontinuities using a 3D high-resolution digital outcrop model generated from RPAS imagery–Ormea …

N Menegoni, D Giordan, C Perotti, DD Tannant - Engineering geology, 2019 - Elsevier
The use of a remotely piloted aircraft system (RPAS) and digital photogrammetry is valuable
for the detection of discontinuities in areas where field map** and terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] 3D model generated from UAV photogrammetry and semi-automated rock mass characterization

MJ Herrero, AP Pérez-Fortes, JI Escavy… - Computers & …, 2022 - Elsevier
This work develops a rock mass characterization of a limestone quarry in northern Spain
based on a 3D model obtained by using photographs taken from an unmanned aerial …

Rockfall simulation based on UAV photogrammetry data obtained during an emergency declaration: Application at a cultural heritage site

R Sarro, A Riquelme, JC García-Davalillo, RM Mateos… - Remote sensing, 2018 - mdpi.com
In recent years, there was an increasing number of studies focusing on rockfalls due to their
impacts on social and sustainable development. This work carries out a three-dimensional …

Automatic map** of discontinuity persistence on rock masses using 3D point clouds

A Riquelme, R Tomás, M Cano, JL Pastor… - Rock Mechanics and …, 2018 - Springer
Finding new ways to quantify discontinuity persistence values in rock masses in an
automatic or semi-automatic manner is a considerable challenge, as an alternative to the …

An integration of UAV-based photogrammetry and 3D modelling for rockfall hazard assessment: the Cárcavos case in 2018 (Spain)

IG Gallo, M Martínez-Corbella, R Sarro, G Iovine… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
An example of the combined use of UAV photogrammetry and rockfall numerical simulation
is described. A case of fragmental rockfall occurred on 17 November 2018 in Cárcavos, a …

Remote analysis of an open-pit slope failure: Las Cruces case study, Spain

J López-Vinielles, P Ezquerro, JA Fernández-Merodo… - Landslides, 2020 - Springer
Slope failures occur in open-pit mining areas worldwide, producing considerable damage in
addition to economic loss. Identifying the triggering factors and detecting unstable slopes …

Structure and fracture characterization of the Jizan group: Implications for subsurface CO2 basalt mineralization

J Fedorik, A Delaunay, G Losi, Y Panara… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
The coastal region of southwest Saudi Arabia contains a thick sequence of Late Oligocene
basalts in the Jizan Group, which accumulated along the continental rift that preceded the …

[HTML][HTML] Characterization of high and steep slopes and 3D rockfall statistical kinematic analysis for Kangyuqu area, China

W Zhang, X Zhao, X Pan, M Wei, J Yan, J Chen - Engineering Geology, 2022 - Elsevier
In the mountainous areas passed by the Sichuan–Tibet Railway, rockfall is one of the
important geological hazards with characteristics of unpredictable and sudden occurrences …

Identification of potential rockfall sources using UAV-derived point cloud

D Albarelli, OC Mavrouli, P Nyktas - Bulletin of engineering geology and …, 2021 - Springer
Recent advances in remote sensing techniques and computer algorithms allow accurate,
abundant, and high-resolution geometric information retrieval for rock mass characterization …