Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future Directions
To date, there is a growing interest for challenging applications of time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography (TL-ERT) in Earth sciences. Tomographic algorithms for resistivity data inversion and innovative technologies for sensor networks have rapidly transformed the TL-ERT method in a powerful...
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| description | To date, there is a growing interest for challenging applications of time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography (TL-ERT) in Earth sciences. Tomographic algorithms for resistivity data inversion and innovative technologies for sensor networks have rapidly transformed the TL-ERT method in a powerful tool for the geophysical time-lapse imaging. In this paper, we focus our attention on the application of this method in landslide monitoring. Firstly, an overview of recent methodological advances in TL-ERT data processing and inversion is presented. In a second step, a critical analysis of the main results obtained in different field experiments and lab-scale simulations are discussed. The TL-ERT appears to be a robust and cost-effective method for mapping the water-saturated zones, and for the identification of the groundwater preferential pathways in landslide bodies. Furthermore, it can make a valuable contribution to following time-dependent changes in top-soil moisture, and the spatio-temporal dynamics of wetting fronts during extreme rainfall events. The critical review emphasizes the limits and the advantages of this geophysical method and discloses a way to identify future research activities to improve the use of the TL-ERT method in landslide monitoring. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-35d04b9c872646e68e4fb4c71551fa942023-11-23T15:57:26ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172022-01-01123142510.3390/app12031425Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future DirectionsVincenzo Lapenna0Angela Perrone1Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMAA), C.da S.Loja, I-85050 Tito, PZ, ItalyInstitute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis, National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IMAA), C.da S.Loja, I-85050 Tito, PZ, ItalyTo date, there is a growing interest for challenging applications of time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography (TL-ERT) in Earth sciences. Tomographic algorithms for resistivity data inversion and innovative technologies for sensor networks have rapidly transformed the TL-ERT method in a powerful tool for the geophysical time-lapse imaging. In this paper, we focus our attention on the application of this method in landslide monitoring. Firstly, an overview of recent methodological advances in TL-ERT data processing and inversion is presented. In a second step, a critical analysis of the main results obtained in different field experiments and lab-scale simulations are discussed. The TL-ERT appears to be a robust and cost-effective method for mapping the water-saturated zones, and for the identification of the groundwater preferential pathways in landslide bodies. Furthermore, it can make a valuable contribution to following time-dependent changes in top-soil moisture, and the spatio-temporal dynamics of wetting fronts during extreme rainfall events. The critical review emphasizes the limits and the advantages of this geophysical method and discloses a way to identify future research activities to improve the use of the TL-ERT method in landslide monitoring.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/12/3/1425time-lapse geophysical imagingelectrical resistivity tomographylandslides |
| spellingShingle | Vincenzo Lapenna Angela Perrone Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future Directions Applied Sciences time-lapse geophysical imaging electrical resistivity tomography landslides |
| title | Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future Directions |
| title_full | Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future Directions |
| title_fullStr | Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future Directions |
| title_full_unstemmed | Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future Directions |
| title_short | Time-Lapse Electrical Resistivity Tomography (TL-ERT) for Landslide Monitoring: Recent Advances and Future Directions |
| title_sort | time lapse electrical resistivity tomography tl ert for landslide monitoring recent advances and future directions |
| topic | time-lapse geophysical imaging electrical resistivity tomography landslides |
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