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Geological Society, London, Engineering Geology Special Publications; 1987; v. 4; p. 125-131;
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.ENG.1987.004.01.14
© 1987 Geological Society of London

Session 3: Data Acquisition

The application of airborne remote sensing to the detection of solution features in limestone

C. N. Edmonds

Applied Geology Ltd., Kenilworth, Warwichshire CV18 1FB, UK

T. J. M. Kennie

Department of Civil Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 5XH, UK

M. S. Rosenbaum

Department of Geology, Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London, Prince Consort Road, London SW7 2BP, UK

Airborne remote sensing techniques have been developed for the detection of collapse and subsidence features in chalk and other limestone rocks. The detection of such features in the early stages of an engineering project is of crucial importance if serious geotechnical problems to building construction and public safety are to be avoided. Particular attention is paid to the potential of airborne multispectral scanner (MSS) and thermal infrared (IR) data as a means of detection. Background information is also provided concerning a project to obtain multitemporal thermal IR data over two test sites on the Cretaceous Chalk outcrop of southern England.