Aerial-Photointerpretation of landslides along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
Environmental & Engineering Geoscience
By: Wen-June Su and Christopher Stohr
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Abstract
A landslide inventory was conducted along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers in the New Madrid Seismic Zone of southern Illinois, between the towns of Olmsted and Chester, Illinois. Aerial photography and field reconnaissance identified 221 landslides of three types: rock/debris falls, block slides, and undifferentiated rotational/translational slides. Most of the landslides are small- to medium-size, ancient rotational/translational features partially ob-scured by vegetation and modified by weathering. Five imagery sources were interpreted for landslides: 1:250,000-scale side-looking airborne radar (SLAR); 1:40,000-scale, 1:20,000-scale, 1:6,000-scale, black and white aerial photography; and low altitude, oblique 35-mm color photography. Landslides were identified with three levels of confidence on the basis of distinguishing characteristics and ambiguous indicators. SLAR imagery permitted identification of a 520 hectare mega-landslide which would not have been identified on medium-scale aerial photography. The leaf-off, 35-mm color, oblique photography provided the best imagery for confident interpretation of detailed features needed for smaller landslides.
Suggested Citation
Su, W., and Stohr, C., 2000, Aerial-Photointerpretation of landslides along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 6, no. 4, p. 311-323, https://doi.org/10.2113/gseegeosci.6.4.311.
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| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Aerial-Photointerpretation of landslides along the Ohio and Mississippi rivers |
| Series title | Environmental & Engineering Geoscience |
| DOI | 10.2113/gseegeosci.6.4.311 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Publication Date | November 01, 2000 |
| Year Published | 2000 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Geological Society of America |
| Description | 13 p. |
| First page | 311 |
| Last page | 323 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Missouri |
| City | Chester, Olmsted |
| Other Geospatial | Mississippi River, Ohio River |