The present paper describes the recent support activities implemented during the fall of 2018 in the David Gareja monastery complex area (South-eastern Georgia). During last decades, the growing cultural interest in the Georgian rock hewn monasteries founded in the sixth century has been constantly accompanied by conservation and management problems, due mainly to weathering and rocks collapses. In order to verify instability processes affecting the several monasteries in the area, detailed topographic surveys (Terrestrial Laser Scanner—TLS and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based Digital Photogrammetry—UAV DP) were performed jointly with Infrared Thermographic (IRT) analysis, geological and geomorphological field surveys. Geo-structural analysis was implemented in order to analyse the landslide types and processes, while kinematic analyses were performed in order to define the most frequent instability mechanism affecting the sites. IRT revealed thermal anomalies potentially connected to erosion, weathering and instability. The outcomes of the performed analyses highlighted that geo-structural setting, joint and stress released promotes rock instability processes in all the David Gareja monastery complex, representing a starting point for the implementation of a preliminary master plan based on low impact mitigation measures and monitoring systems.

Integrating Kinematic Analysis and Infrared Thermography for Instability Processes Assessment in the Rupestrian Monastery Complex of David Gareja (Georgia) / Frodella W.; Spizzichino D.; Gigli G.; Elashvili M.; Margottini C.; Villa A.o; Frattini P.; Crosta G.; Casagli N.. - STAMPA. - (2021), pp. 457-463. [10.1007/978-3-030-60196-6_36]

Integrating Kinematic Analysis and Infrared Thermography for Instability Processes Assessment in the Rupestrian Monastery Complex of David Gareja (Georgia)

Frodella W.;Gigli G.;Crosta G.;Casagli N.
2021

Abstract

The present paper describes the recent support activities implemented during the fall of 2018 in the David Gareja monastery complex area (South-eastern Georgia). During last decades, the growing cultural interest in the Georgian rock hewn monasteries founded in the sixth century has been constantly accompanied by conservation and management problems, due mainly to weathering and rocks collapses. In order to verify instability processes affecting the several monasteries in the area, detailed topographic surveys (Terrestrial Laser Scanner—TLS and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle-based Digital Photogrammetry—UAV DP) were performed jointly with Infrared Thermographic (IRT) analysis, geological and geomorphological field surveys. Geo-structural analysis was implemented in order to analyse the landslide types and processes, while kinematic analyses were performed in order to define the most frequent instability mechanism affecting the sites. IRT revealed thermal anomalies potentially connected to erosion, weathering and instability. The outcomes of the performed analyses highlighted that geo-structural setting, joint and stress released promotes rock instability processes in all the David Gareja monastery complex, representing a starting point for the implementation of a preliminary master plan based on low impact mitigation measures and monitoring systems.
2021
978-3-030-60195-9
978-3-030-60196-6
Understanding and Reducing Landslide Disaster Risk - Vol.1
457
463
Frodella W.; Spizzichino D.; Gigli G.; Elashvili M.; Margottini C.; Villa A.o; Frattini P.; Crosta G.; Casagli N.
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