LiDAR-based DEM visual interpretation as a tool for landslide mapping – example of problems with landslide identification and its verification with electrical resistivity tomography
By: Paweł Kroh, Marta Kondracka and Dariusz Ignatiuk
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.12657/landfana-044-002 | Journal eISSN: 1429-799X
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