Earth observation analysis

Novellino, Alessandro; Arnhardt, Christian; Banks, Vanessa; Fleming, Claire; Holland, Liam; Hourston, Holly; Kirkham, Matthew; Mills, Erin; Smith, Kay; Bampousis, Konstantinos; Kontogianni, Villy; Poyiadji, Eleftheria; Gallousi, Christina. 2024 Earth observation analysis. EuroGeoSurveys, 35pp. (IR/24/032) (Unpublished)

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This report describes analysis of Earth Observation data (Task 3) undertaken as part of the “Geological Study of the Pissouri Landslide” project, hereinafter referred to as the Pissouri Project. The overall objective of the project is to assess the hazard associated with landslides affecting Pissouri, a settlement in the southwestern part of Cyprus. The main contractor for this work is EuroGeoSurveys AISBL - The Geological Survey of Europe (EGS) with the following members as subcontractors: • United Kingdom Research and Innovation represented by the British Geological Survey (BGS) from the UK. • Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration (HSGME) from Greece. • GeoSphere Austria (GeoSphere) from Austria. • Instituto Geológico y Minero de España - Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (IGME-CSIC) from Spain. Technical support and information on the previous investigations have been provided by the Geological Survey Department of Cyrpus (GSD). More detail of existing datasets are provided in the desk-based review undertaken as part of Task 1 of the Pissouri Project and report in Kontogianni et al. (2024). The latter shows that, despite the rich geological literature for the area, studies on the landslides are relatively recent (starting in 2003) and still little is known about the (1) kinematic, (2) subsurface and (3) hydrogeological conditions of the area. Task 3 of the Pissouri Project aims to provide more information on these aspects by integrating data collected from fieldwork and drone surveys conducted between September and October 2024 with spaceborne observations. Details of the field and drone survey, undertaken as part of Task 2 of the Pissouri Project, are presented in Poyiadji et al. (2024). This report, specifically focuses on potential relationships between topography, land cover and ground displacements with the Pissouri landslides. Section 2 of this report provides a summary of the geological, geomorphological and tectonic setting of the area based on the information collected from the desk-based study and the existing knowledge gaps identified. Section 3 provides a list of the datasets we have analysed, their source and the main objective of the analysis. Section 4 shows the results of the analysis and Section 5 reports how the collection and integration of these datasets has improved our understanding of the landslide processes and will inform the next tasks of the Pissouri Project, namely the geophysical investigation.

Item Type:	Publication - Report
Funders/Sponsors:	EuroGeoSurveys, Cyprus. Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environmental Geological Survey Department, Hellenic Survey of Geology and Mineral Exploration, British Geological Survey, GeoSphere Austria, Instituto Geologico y Minero de Espana
Additional Information:	This item has been internally reviewed, but not externally peer-reviewed. Report made open and added to NORA with permission from the Cyprus Geological Survey Department (GSD).
Date made live:	24 Jun 2025 14:52 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/539671

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