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Using ground penetrating radar in geomorphology
Široký, Jakub ; Křížek, Marek (advisor) ; Engel, Zbyněk (referee)
Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) is a non-invasive geophysical research method imaging subsurface structures. It expanded widely across geomorphologic investigation during last years because of its speed, low-cost, reliable and large-scale capability. GPR is especially useful in sedimentological studies. The thesis is focused on introducing the basics about the GPR method as it is not well-known in Czech geomorphologic scene. The physical background of the device and the electromagnetic waves is given. A research articles and books recherche helped in creating of a reflection summary amended with Czech terminology and graphic examples. The typical reflection answer of sedimentological features were documented and sorted according to the glacial, periglacial, fluvial, paleolake and slope geomorphologic environments. A sequence of steps for editing and interpreting a radargram was proposed and applied on three model radargrams.
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THE USE OF IMAGE MATCHING METHODS IN GEOMORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS
Šiková, Zuzana ; Potůčková, Markéta (advisor) ; Hodač, Jindřich (referee)
The use of optical scanning methods in geomorpho-analysis Abstract Main goal of this thesis is to find out if it is possible to use Structure from motion (SfM) method for analyzing geomorphological objects. Four geomorphological features in three different places within Pilsen-North region was used for testing this method. These objects with very dissimilar dimensions and shapes was scanned for this testing in various light conditions. All used data-sets was entirely created by author of this thesis. The data was initially processed by Agisoft Photoscan Professional Ediditon v1.1.6 and VisualSFM v0.5.26 to create spatial models. These models was afterwards processed in CloudCompare v2.6.1 and MeshLab v1.3.3. This software was used for clipping and merging of 3D models and for converting 3D models in to real dimensions. These real sized spatial models was then contrasted together by creating comparing entities. Outcomes are evaluated in the thesis conclusion. Keywords: Structure from motion (SfM), SIFT, RANSAC
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Morphostructural analysis of Ethiopian Highland based on remote sensing
Kusák, Michal ; Vilímek, Vít (advisor) ; Klimeš, Jan (referee) ; Novotný, Ján (referee)
- Morphostructural analysis of Ethiopian Highland based on remote sensing The morphometric analysis of lineaments, valleys and signs of erosion taken from a digital elevation model (DEM) made it possible to not only confirm most of the conclusions of the morphotectonic development of the area from the previously published results of structural, petrological, tectonic and geochronological analyses from the Ethiopian Highlands, but to also to expand our knowledge by applying several new hypotheses. Faults, lineaments and valleys are predominantly oriented in a direction compatible to the published concepts of the tectonic development of the area. Overall, the most abundant NE-SW and NNE-SSW lines reflect a change of extension from a NW-SE to WNW-ESE direction during the Pliocene (~40ř rotation), in relation to the creation and development of the Main Ethiopian Rift. The most pronounced morphological manifestations of the extension of the MER and western Afar during the Quaternary are confined to the borders of the MER, and the maximum SOLR values indicate a very short-lived effect of the stress field on the development of the landscape. The directions of the Pre-Neogene rift structures to the NW-SE and WNW-ESE are compatible with the oldest elements of the current landscape, i.e. the most developed...
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INVENTORY AND ANALYSIS OF RISK GEOMORPHOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN THE CHILEAN PART OF PATAGONIA USING RS
Chotěborová, Markéta ; Vilímek, Vít (advisor) ; Šefrna, Luděk (referee)
Area of interest of this bachelor thesis is part of Chilean Patagonia. It is spread through the Chilean regions of Los Lagos, Aysén and Magallanes. The local landscape consists of crystal blue lakes, glaciers, fjords and snow-capped mountains. Creating this landscape is involved in many endogenous and exogenous geomorphological processes. These processes take place on earth for millions of years, some of them, become to be risky when people began settling in this territory. Among these risk geomorphological processes in the countries of interest include earthquake, tsunami, volcanic activity, landslides and Glacial Lake Outburst Flood. The bachelor thesis also contains a chapter on remote sensing and its possible application in the prevention of risk processes or monitoring. The bachelor thesis is closed by a chapter with author's own assessment of these processes. The methodology of work is based on a review of foreign literature. Keywords: risk geomorphological processes, Patagonia, earthquake, tsunami, volcanism, landslides, GLOF, Remote Sensing
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The morphology and activity of selected avalanche paths in the Hrubý Jeseník Mts. and the Králický Sněžník Mts.
Krause, David
The occurrence of avalanche paths is usually frequent in alpine environment, but it is also present in mid-mountains such as the High Sudetes. The submitted master thesis is focused on avalanche paths in the Eastern High Sudetes. The morphometric analysis of 8 paths was accomplished to determine their characteristics and comparison with statistical verification. The dendrogeomorphological analysis and further geomorphological mapping was performed in 2 selected paths (Sněžná kotlina and Králický Sněžník) to cover their avalanche activity frequency and to find relationship between their activity and morphology. The results of this study show that there is a strong difference between two groups of avalanche paths in the Eastern High Sudetes. The Sněžná kotlina and The Králický Sněžník avalanche paths are longer and narrower than the other paths. They also have higher elevation difference. The comparison of these two paths performed by dendrogeomorphology indicates higher avalanche activity frequency in the Sněžná kotlina path, which was strengthened after strong avalanche event in 2004. It is assumed that the Sněžná kotlina path contains advanced avalanche landform, which is a long gully, probably also affected by debris- flows in the past. On the other hand the Králický Sněžník path is rather less...
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Evaluation of natural hazards of glacial Lake, Nepal
Kroczek, Tomáš ; Vilímek, Vít (advisor) ; Kalvoda, Jan (referee)
Current dynamic of global climate change is the trigger of new natural processes such as glacial lake outburst floods. One example is lake Imja located in the hinterland of Mt. Everest. Outburst of lake Imja would have undoubtedly negative impact on financial and cultural climate of attached area. This diploma thesis is focusing on the various factors and its imapct on the stability of moraine. The main aim of this thesis is to evaluate possibility of impact of rockfall into the lake, to monitor the development of its expansion in comparison with growing temperatures in last 60 years and also to assess the development of morphology of moraine containing dead ice. The results of the thesis indicate accelerating expansion of the lake at the expense of the Imja and Lhotse Shar glaciers, for which the rising means of temperatures of the months in the warm half of the year are particularly important. The results also show that there is no risk of producing wave after impact of rockfall into the lake, as the lateral moraines are sufficiently high to protect the lake. The crucial factor for the stability of the moraine dam is the melting of dead ice in its core, where new and new thermokarst lakes are forming on the surface of the moraine and a seepage through the moraine in its southwestern part has also...
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Hazard evaluation from GLOFs in the Cordillera Huayhuash
Baťka, Jan ; Vilímek, Vít (advisor) ; Šobr, Miroslav (referee)
Hazard evaluation from GLOFs in the Cordillera Huayhuash Abstract: Proglacial lakes in high-mountain regions recently experienced dynamic development related to the ongoing climatic changes. Most of the mountain ranges were widely studied with respect to hazards posed by proglacial lakes. However, the Peruvian Cordillera Huayhuash was omitted by any research of this type so far. In this thesis first, the author develops and assesses the inventory of glacial lakes in the Cordillera Huayhuash, and second, evaluates the hazard from GLOFs. After a thorough discussion and comparison to other world's major mountain ranges, significant conclusions are made. Most of the characteristics of the lakes in the Cordillera Huayhuash are influenced by a local factor - fluvial erosion that has occurred since the last glacial maximum. Nevertheless, general principles such as the statistical distribution of lakes according to their elevation that are valid to other compared regions may still be identified based on the data. Lakes of the Cordillera Huayhuash generally pose minor or even no GLOF hazard, the few exceptions were further analyzed in detail. Key words: geomorphology, GLOF, lake inventory, natural hazards, Peru
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The analysis of geomorphological pronunciation of neotectonics on Cordillera Blanca faults
Burkytová, Šárka ; Vilímek, Vít (advisor) ; Klimeš, Jan (referee)
The study deals with analysis of of geomorphological pronunciation of neotectonics along the based on fault slope in the South American Cordillera Blanca range. It contains research about physical-geographycal characteristic of the mountain range with the focus on geology, geomorphology and the theoretical concept of forms on fault slopes and neotectonic acitivity. In the practical part of the thesis, the selected area of the mountain range was mapped using Google Earth imagery. On the base of created map the forms associated with the active tectonic uplift of the Cordillera Blanca were analyzed and invented. Then the longitudinal profiles of rivers that flow across the fault zone were created and analyzed from the digital terrain model. The block structure of the mountain range was analyzed too. Keywords Cordillera Blanca, geomorphology, morphometry, neotectonics, Peru
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