Sar interferometry for landslide investigation and surface deformation monitoring: a case study of Souk Ahras area, north-east of Algeria
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Department of Earth Sciences,
Tebessa University, Algeria
Submission date: 2022-12-16
Final revision date: 2023-04-16
Acceptance date: 2023-05-02
Publication date: 2023-06-30
Geomatics, Landmanagement and Landscape 2023;(2)
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Landslides – natural disasters be caused by various factors - are frequent in the region surrounding Souk Ahras. Comprehensive fieldwork, such as geotechnical drilling investigations and soil excavations, is conducted to monitor ground movements and assess the feasibility of geological locations. Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and other active satellite remote sensors are utilized in Earth Observation-based systems to identify and track ground deformation and landslides in the study area. This research aims to illustrate how open-source processing software, SNAP, provided by the European Space Agency, can be combined with freely available datasets from Copernicus to accomplish this goal. In the North Eastern part of Algeria, which includes Souk Ahras, there is a high risk of landslides Through the use of InSAR technology, the research provided satisfactory results in identifying the morphology of landslides and generating a large-scale interferometric map covering several regions in the East of Algeria, revealing the extent of distortion and spacing caused by the landslide phenomenon.