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Geotechnical Hazards in Rocky Slopes (Northern Portugal): Focused on Methodology

2020; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-030-34397-2_14

2522-8722

José Filinto Trigo, Carlos Pacheco, João Fernandes, Pedro Ferraz, Jorge B. Sousa, Rui Machado, Sara Redondo Duarte, Ana Karoline de Almeida Mendes, Liliana Freitas, José Teixeira, Luís Ramos, María José Afonso, Helder I. Chaminé,

Karst Systems and Hydrogeology

Interdisciplinary studies of rocky slopes stability have been performed on Northern Portugal, that allowed to establish a design methodology. This approach carries together the use of more traditional techniques, with the application of more recent technologies, such as unmanned aerial vehicles. This work presents a set of procedures that have been applied successfully in several case studies, describing the different stages, with an emphasis on the production of a ground three-dimensional model. This model is generated from photographs obtained with successive drone flights, with overlapping. It is the support for the development of subsequent stages, especially for the characterisation of the trajectories of rockfalls and modelling, the development of susceptibility mapping and of rock slope hazard. In this context, the Natural Slope Quality Index (N-SQI ), an adaptation of the Slope Quality Index (SQI), orientated to natural slopes, is presented. The Block Gravity Number (BGN), created in order to hierarchise rock blocks, selecting them for modelling, is also proposed.