Monitoring Extractive Activity-Induced Surface Subsidence in Highland and Alpine Opencast Coal Mining Areas with Multi-Source Data

• Published in: Remote sensing (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 14; no. 14; p. 3442
• Main Authors: Wang, Shuqing, Bai, Zechao, Lv, Yuepeng, Zhou, Wei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI AG 01.07.2022
• Subjects: Coal mining; Digital Elevation Models; Digital imaging; DoD; Geology; Image acquisition; Interferometry; Landfill; Landfills; Lead; Mine reclamation; Mines; opencast mine; Permafrost; PS-InSAR; Reclamation; Remote sensing; Rivers; Satellite imagery; Soil erosion; Subsidence; Surface mining; surface subsidence; Terrain; Unmanned aerial vehicles; Vegetation; Waste disposal sites; Tibet; China

Mining developments in alpine coal mining areas result in slow or rapid ground subsidence, which can lead to melting and collapse of permafrost. This paper integrated unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) images and satellite-based SAR interferometry images to monitor intensive surface mining subsidence dur...