There will be an RAS Discussion Meeting on 'Tectonics from Above: Recent
Advances in the Use of High-resolution Topography and Imagery' at
Burlington House on Friday 13th March 2015. The topics to be covered at
the meeting are outlined below.
Invited speakers include:
Jean-Philippe Avouac (University of Cambridge)
Thomas Fritz (German Aerospace Centre)
Yann Klinger (Institut de Physique du Globe, Paris)
Sebastien Leprince (Caltech)
Ed Nissen (Colorado School of Mines)
The afternoon session will focus on tectonic applications of
high-resolution topography and imagery. We invite anyone wishing to give
a talk in this session to email a title and a short abstract outlining
the contents of the talk to [log in to unmask] and
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be a poster session duing the lunch break; anyone wishing to present a
poster should email details in the same way.
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Tectonics from Above: Recent Advances in the Use of High-resolution
Topography and Imagery.
Topography is one of the most important geophysical observations that
can be made at the Earth's surface, but often one that is taken for
granted. Recent advances in topographic measurements have significantly
improved the spatial resolutions now available to earth scientists; from
the 90 m resolution SRTM global DEM widely used now, through the 12 m
resolution WorldDEM about to be completed (using data recorded by the
TanDEM-X radar mission), to the 1 m DEMs that may be obtained through
LiDAR and space/aerial stereo-photogrammetric measurements. Future use
of drone technology offers the potential of even higher resolution DEMs
from both LiDAR and multi-stereo optical images.
Combining the new high-resolution topography with high-resolution
imagery allows the Earth's surface to be explored in a virtual
environment. For example, subtle geomorphic features preserved in the
landscape can enable us to determine the slip that occurred in recent
and past earthquakes. In addition, three-dimensional analysis of
high-resolution topographic and optical imagery can significantly
enhance the impact and efficiency of geological field measurements;
geological dating of geomorphic features is essential in quantifying how
faults evolve through time. Furthermore, comparison of pre- and
post-earthquake datasets now allows the retrieval of the full 3D
deformation field produced by earthquakes (including post-seismic
deformation occurring after the earthquake).
The aims of the meeting are two-fold. First, to expose to a wider
audience the new data sets (e.g. Tandem-X, LiDAR, Pleiades imagery), and
the new methods for generating and analysing these data sets (e.g.
photogrammetric DEM extraction, point cloud manipulation), that are
currently available for measuring continental topography and surface
displacements. Second, to provide a forum for the discussion of new
tectonic applications of high-resolution topography and imagery.
Organisers: Richard Walker (Oxford), Ed Nissen (Colorado School of
Mines), James Hollingsworth (Arup) and Barry Parsons (Oxford)
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