Using unmanned aerial vehicle photogrammetry for digital geological surveys: Case study of Selmun promontory, northern of Malta

E Colica, S D'Amico, R Iannucci, S Martino… - Environmental Earth …, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, we have been witnessing the widespread use of low-cost, increasingly high-
performance Unmanned Aerial Vehicles, or UAVs, equipped with a large number of sensors …

Geoscience studies in the Maltese Islands: a gateway to the Central Mediterranean region

S Rossi, V Vandelli… - Italian Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The location of the Maltese Islands, at the centre of the Mediterranean Sea, places them as a
reference for regional climatic, tectonic and marine processes that have affected the …

The Imprint of Recent Meteorological Events on Boulder Deposits along the Mediterranean Rocky Coasts

M Delle Rose, P Martano - Climate, 2022 - mdpi.com
In this review, the potential of an emerging field of interdisciplinary climate research, Coastal
Boulder Deposits (CBDs) as natural archives for intense storms, is explored with particular …

Stability assessment and geomorphological evolution of sea natural arches by geophysical measurement: The case study of Wied il-Mielah Window (Gozo, Malta)

G Leucci, R Persico, L De Giorgi, M Lazzari, E Colica… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The Wied il-Mielaħ Window (Gozo–Malta) is a limestone natural arch on the north-western
coast of the island of Gozo in Malta. It is located at the end of the Wied il-Mielaħ valley north …

Landform loss and its effect on health and well-being: The collapse of the Azure Window (Gozo) and the resultant reactions of the media and the Maltese community

B Satariano, R Gauci - Landscapes and landforms of the Maltese islands, 2019 - Springer
This study describes the natural geomorphological cycle which characterised the birth,
evolution and eventual collapse of an iconic sea arch: the Azure Window in Dwejra, Gozo. In …

A first national seismic network for the Maltese islands—The Malta seismic network

P Galea, MR Agius, G Bozionelos… - Seismological …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The Sicily Channel, situated on the leading edge of the African plate as it collides
with Europe, presents a range of interesting and complex tectonic processes that have …

Contribution of anthropogenic vibration sources to crack growth in natural rock arches

R Finnegan, JR Moore, PR Geimer - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Natural arches are culturally valued rock landforms common in sedimentary rocks of the
Colorado Plateau and additionally occur broadly around the world. Recent notable …

Reconstruction of the collapse of the 'Azure Window'natural arch via photogrammetry

J Caruana, J Wood, E Nocerino, F Menna, A Micallef… - Geomorphology, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The Azure Window was a natural arch situated in the west coast of Gozo (Maltese
Archipelago) that collapsed in March 2017. We employ a Diver Propulsion Vehicle-mounted …

A multi-hazard historical catalogue for the city-island-state of Malta (Central Mediterranean)

G Main, R Gauci, JA Schembri, DK Chester - Natural Hazards, 2022 - Springer
The city-island-state of Malta is traditionally viewed as a low-hazard country with the lack of
a long historical catalogue of extreme events and their impacts acting as an obstacle to …

Exploring the signature of the Apollo Medicane in the central Mediterranean Sea through multi-source data analysis: satellites, radar HF, marine buoys, and seismic …

L Piroddi, A Gauci, R Kalfouni, MR Agius… - … Science and Its …, 2023 - Springer
In the last decades, the frequency of extreme weather and marine events has drastically
increased. During the last week of October 2021 an intense Mediterranean hurricane …