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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Main Author: Mehrotra, Neeta
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: 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/