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Formation of the 2015 Shenzhen landslide as observed by SAR shape-from-shading

期刊名称: Scientific Reports
全部作者: Chisheng Wang*,Qingquan Li,Jiasong Zhu,Wei Gao,Xinjian Shan,Jun Song,Xiaoli Ding
出版年份: 2017
卷       号: 7
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The time-series topography change of a landfill site before its failure has rarely been surveyed in detail. However, this information is important for both landfill management and early warning of landslides. Here, we take the 2015 Shenzhen landslide as an example, and we use the radar shape-from-shading (SFS) technique to retrieve time-series digital elevation models of the landfill. The results suggest that the total filling volume reached 4,074,300 m3 in the one and a half years before the landslide, while 2,817,400 m3 slid down in the accident. Meanwhile, the landfill rate in most areas exceeded 2 m/month, which is the empirical upper threshold in landfill engineering. Using topography captured on December 12, 2015, the slope safety analysis gives a factor of safety of 0.932, suggesting that this slope was already hazardous before the landslide. We conclude that the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) SFS technique has the potential to contribute to landfill failure monitoring.