An automated method for locating sinkholes in Montgomery County, Virginia, using digital elevation models
The prospect of using U.S.G.S. Digital Elevation Models (DEM's) to locate sinkholes has been investigated. Three quadrangle maps, those of Blacksburg, Ironto and Newport, were selected as these areas are dotted with sinkholes. An algorithm was developed to extract sinkholes from DEM's. Sin...
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Virginia Tech
2014
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/44397 http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08222009-040435/ |