Innovative applications of laser scanning and rapid prototype printing to rock breakdown experiments

Auteur(s) et Affiliation(s)

BOURKE, M.

Planetary Science Inst., Tucson, Etats-Unis

VILES, H.

School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, Oxford, Royaume-Uni

NICOLI, J.

Western Mapping, Tucson, Etats-Unis

LYEW-AYEE, P.

Univ. of the West Indies, Mona Geoinformatics Inst., Kingston, Jamaique

GHENT, R.

Dept. of Geology, Univ., Toronto, Canada

HOLMLUND, J.

Western Mapping, Tucson, Etats-Unis

Description :
The AA. present the novel application of 2 technologies for use in rock breakdown experiments, i.e. close-range, ground-based 3D triangulation scanning and rapid prototype printing. These techniques aid analyses of form-process interactions across the range of scales relevant to breakdown. This is achieved through the creation of DEMs and the production of more realistically-shaped experimental blocks. The AA. illustrate the use of these techniques, alongside appropriate data analysis routines, in experiments designed to investigate the persistence of fluvially-derived features in the face of subsequent wind abrasion and weathering. These techniques have a range of potential applications in experimental field and lab-based geomorphic studies beyond those specifically outlined here.

Type de document :
Article de périodique

Source :
Earth surface processes and landforms, issn : 0197-9337, 2008, vol. 33, n°. 10, p. 1614-1621, nombre de pages : 8, Références bibliographiques : 1 p.

Date :
2008

Editeur :
Pays édition : Royaume-Uni, Chichester, Wiley

Langue :
Anglais