Monitoring of Koyulhisar (Sivas) Landslides with GPS and PS-Insar: First Results
Abstract
Recently PS-InSAR method is generally used to determine deformations caused by earthquake, movements in volcanic areas, subsidence in hydrological, geological, mining or urban areas. However this method is not used so often in detemining the movements of landslides perhaps because of being a relatively new method. But it is seen in the few studies done for this aim that PS-InSAR method can be succesful in monitoring landslide movements. The main purpose of this proposed project is to determine the existing areal deformation by using modern and spatial PS-InSAR and GPS methods.
Besides that another aim of the project is to identificate available motion as territorial and to determine the factors that cause this motion in Koyulhisar town of Sivas, it is provided to take precautions for the future. A motion in the center of the town has been found by the studies conducted previously in the same area. However, how this motion determined only a single point is effected an area and the main causes of the motion have not identified. For this purpose,in this project, areal deformation will be determined by modeling as a three-dimensional with both the GPS method and the method of assessment of space-based radar images at the entire workspace in the center of the town and old landslide mass. The causes of the motion will be investigated by examining the relationship between Meteorological datas (rainfall, temperature, ground water level) and the motion amounts obtained by these methods. In addition to all these geodetic datas, the risk analyzes of the region will be carried out by the Disaster Information System (DIS) containing the geological and geophysical datas of the region. In this way, a basis for precautions to be taken against prospective natural disasters will be established by determining fully the present situation of the town prospectively.
Up to date, the first 1.5 years studies of the project were completed and the first results have been obtained. In this study, by giving information about the project, especially the first results of GPS and PS_InSAR evaluations will be shared .
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