Articles | Volume 11, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1773-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-11-1773-2020
Research article
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18 Sep 2020
Research article |  | 18 Sep 2020

Mapping the fracture network in the Lilstock pavement, Bristol Channel, UK: manual versus automatic

Christopher Weismüller, Rahul Prabhakaran, Martijn Passchier, Janos L. Urai, Giovanni Bertotti, and Klaus Reicherter

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We photographed a fractured limestone pavement with a drone to compare manual and automatic fracture tracing and analyze the evolution and spatial variation of the fracture network in high resolution. We show that automated tools can produce results comparable to manual tracing in shorter time but do not yet allow the interpretation of fracture generations. This work pioneers the automatic fracture mapping of a complete outcrop in detail, and the results can be used as fracture benchmark.