Slope evolution and landslides --- concepts, methods & some implications for data management

Presentation at

4th International conference on GeoComputation, Fredericksburg, VA

25July1999

Jochen Schmidt and Holger Gärtner and Richard Dikau

Geographische Institute, Universität Bonn

jochen.schmidt@uni-bonn.de

http://slide.giub.uni-bonn.de/~jochen

Abstract

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Table of Contents

Geocomp99 --- Introductory slide

Geocomp99 --- Talk outline

The Collaborative Research Center at the University of Bonn

The slope system

Problems in investigating slope evolution

Some statements for slope evolution

Overall concept of the project B13

Landslides in the Bonn area

Geology of the Bonn area

Mappings and drillings at landslide si7

Drilling results visualized in a 3D space

Initial results from a groundwater model developed under PCRaster

Morphometric slope profile parameter

Morphometric slope profile parameter

Idealized structure of methods and tools used in the project B13

Geoscientist as 'data and tool manager'

Integrating diverse and distributed data sets as an issue in GIS

Questions of our study