Sedimentological characterization of Antarctic moraines using UAVs and Structure-from-Motion photogrammetry

• Published in: Journal of Glaciology
• Main Authors: Westoby, Matt, Dunning, Stuart, Woodward, John, Hein, Andrew, Marrero, Shasta, Winter, Kate, Sugden, David
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: International Glaciological Society 2015
• Subjects: F600 Geology; F800 Physical and Terrestrial Geographical and Environmental Sciences; Antarctic; Heritage Range; Antarc*; Antarctica; Journal of Glaciology
• Online Access: https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/24782/; https://doi.org/10.3189/2015JoG15J086; https://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/24782/1/Westoby%20et%20al_JoG_%2061_230.pdf

In glacial environments particle-size analysis of moraines provides insights into clast origin, transport history, depositional mechanism and processes of reworking. Traditional methods for grain-size classification are labour-intensive, physically intrusive and are limited to patch-scale (1m2) obse...