Photogrammetric Survey in Volcanology: A Case Study for Kamchatka Active Volcanoes

• Main Author: Dvigalo, Viktor
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2016
• Subjects: Science / Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism; bisacsh:SCI082000; Tolbachik; Kamchatka
• Online Access: https://openresearchlibrary.org/viewer/4a9a7e29-4cfe-4550-a61d-68d0e6c57eb1; https://openresearchlibrary.org/ext/api/media/4a9a7e29-4cfe-4550-a61d-68d0e6c57eb1/assets/external_content.pdf; https://doi.org/10.5772/63577

The photogrammetric method has been used to study active volcanoes in Kamchatka for more than 100 years. It is still the most effective method for consistently monitoring short-term changes in the morphology of volcanic structures and for obtaining accurate parameters of eruptions. This chapter shows the specific features of photogrammetry application in volcanological research and development of this method in the context of investigating Kamchatkan volcanoes. We also present the results of the study of volcanic objects with various morphologies, composition, and types of activity with regard to the specific features of the 2001–2012 growth of the dome at Molodoy Shiveluch Volcano, the effects of the 1975–1976 Great Tolbachik Fissure Eruption and of the 2012–2013 Tolbachik Fissure Eruption, the morphodynamics of Troitsky Crater on Maly Semyachik Volcano, and the morphological changes of Akademii Nauk Caldera after the catastrophic 1996 eruption. The chapter shows the way forward for the development of the photogrammetric method in volcanology.