Detection and Delineation of Sorted Stone Circles in Antarctica

• Published in: Remote Sensing
• Main Authors: Francisco Pereira, Jorge S. Marques, Sandra Heleno, Pedro Pina
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: patterned ground; permafrost; UAV; DEM; template matching; sliding band filter; dynamic programming; Barton Peninsula; Antarctica; King George Island; Barton; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3390/rs12010160

Sorted stone circles are natural surface patterns formed in periglacial environments. Their relation to permafrost conditions make them very helpful for better understanding the past climates where they were formed and have evolved and also for monitoring current underlying processes in case circles...