Lava Flow Roughness on the 2014–2015 Lava Flow-Field at Holuhraun, Iceland, Derived from Airborne LiDAR and Photogrammetry

Autor: Magnus O. Ulfarsson, Muhammad Aufaristama, Ingibjörg Jónsdóttir, Thorvaldur Thordarson, Ármann Höskuldsson
Přispěvatelé: Jarðvísindastofnun (HÍ), Institute of Earth Sciences (UI), Jarðvísindadeild (HÍ), Faculty of Earth Sciences (UI), Rafmagns- og tölvuverkfræðideild (HÍ), Faculty of Electrical and Computer Engineering (UI), Verkfræði- og náttúruvísindasvið (HÍ), School of Engineering and Natural Sciences (UI), Háskóli Íslands, University of Iceland
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Geosciences, Vol 10, Iss 125, p 125 (2020)
Geosciences
Volume 10
Issue 4
ISSN: 2076-3263
Popis: Roughness can be used to characterize the morphologies of a lava flow. It can be used to identify lava flow features, provide insight into eruption conditions, and link roughness pattern across a lava flow to emplacement conditions. In this study, we use both the topographic position index (TPI) and the one-dimensional Hurst exponent (H) to derive lava flow unit roughness on the 2014&ndash
2015 lava field at Holuhraun using both airborne LiDAR and photogrammetric datasets. The roughness assessment was acquired from four lava flow features: (1) spiny lava, (2) lava pond, (3) blocky surface, and (4) inflated channel. The TPI patterns on spiny lava and inflated channels show that the intermediate TPI values correspond to a small surficial slope indicating a flat and smooth surface. Lava pond is characterized by low to high TPI values and forms a wave-like pattern. Meanwhile, irregular transitions patterns from low to high TPI values indicate a rough surface that is found in blocky surface and flow margins. The surface roughness of these lava features falls within the H range of 0.30 ±
0.05 to 0.76 ±
0.04. The roughest surface is the blocky, and inflated lava flows appear to be the smoothest surface among these four lava units. In general, the Hurst exponent values in the 2014&ndash
2015 lava field at Holuhraun has a strong tendency in 0.5, both TPI and Hurst exponent successfully derive quantitative flow roughness.
Databáze: OpenAIRE