Monitoring mass movements using Network-RTK measurement technique and producing potential rockfall scenarios in a paleo-landslide area


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Kadı F., Akin A. T., Usta Z.

REPORTS ON GEODESY AND GEOINFORMATICS, cilt.115, sa.1, ss.9-17, 2023 (ESCI) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 115 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2023
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2478/rgg-2023-0002
  • Dergi Adı: REPORTS ON GEODESY AND GEOINFORMATICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), Directory of Open Access Journals
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.9-17
  • Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Massmovements resulting fromlandslides cause significant losses in terms of lives and property. Periodic observations of these movements using geodeticmeasurement techniques help to prevent these losses. Network-RTKmeasurement technique produces real-time location with centimeter accuracy, based on phase observations using a network of reference stations. In this study, the paleo-landslide area in the Işıklar location of Trabzon province, Esiroğlu district, Turkey, was chosen as the application area. This study aims tomeasure the application area between 2019 and 2021, using the Network-RTK technique to determine the massmovements. Additionally, there is a rock block in an area with a steep slope. The possiblemovement of this rock block is a threat to infrastructure facilities, residential areas, agricultural areas, and life safety if the massmovement continues. Within this scope, the potentialmovement scenarios of the block were produced using RocPro3D software and UAV photogrammetry. Scenarios following an ongoing massmovements in the region triggering another massmovement are discussed. In the light of the results obtained, massmovements in the vertical direction of up to 28 cm were detected in the area where the rock block is located in the last 2 years. The periodic continuation of massmovements in the study area, declared a disaster-prone area, confirms the importance of the rock block in the region. In another phase of the study, possiblemovement scenarios of the rock block were examined using a rockfall analysis. In this context, with the help of an unmanned aerial vehicle, a digital elevation model and orthophoto map of the region where the rock block is likely tomove was produced and a base map to be used in rockfall analysis was obtained. As a result of the rockfall analysis, maps showing the speed, energy, spread, possible impacts, and stopping points were produced. With the examination of these maps, it has been determined that residential areas, agricultural areas, and infrastructure facilities in the study area may be significantly damaged.