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The sinkholes are located in urbanized areas and have caused severe damage to critical infrastructure (flood-control dike, a major highway). The 3D displacement models derived from the comparison of point clouds with exceptionally high spatial resolution allow complex spatial and temporal subsidence patterns within one of the sinkholes to be resolved. Detected changes in the subsidence activity (e.g., sinkhole expansion, translation of the maximum subsidence zone, development of incipient secondary collapses) are related to potential controlling factors such as floods, water table changes or remedial measures. In contrast, with detailed mapping and high-precision leveling, the displacement models, covering a relatively short time span of around 6 months, do not capture the subtle subsidence (&lt;0.6\u20131 cm) that affects the marginal zones of the sinkholes, precluding precise mapping of the edges of the subsidence areas. However, the performance of TLS can be adversely affected by some methodological limitations and local conditions: (1) limited accuracy in large investigation areas that require the acquisition of a high number of scans, increasing the registration error; (2) surface changes unrelated to sinkhole activity (e.g., vegetation, loose material); (3) traffic-related vibrations and wind blast that affect the stability of the scanner.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs10040571","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,10]],"date-time":"2018-04-10T13:06:08Z","timestamp":1523365568000},"page":"571","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":21,"title":["4D Monitoring of Active Sinkholes with a Terrestrial Laser Scanner (TLS): A Case Study in the Evaporite Karst of the Ebro Valley, NE Spain"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"given":"Alfonso","family":"Benito-Calvo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"CENIEH, Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca 3, 09002 Burgos, Spain"}]},{"given":"Francisco","family":"Guti\u00e9rrez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"Adri\u00e1n","family":"Mart\u00ednez-Fern\u00e1ndez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Geography, University of Valladolid, 47011 Valladolid, Spain"}]},{"given":"Domingo","family":"Carbonel","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"Theodoros","family":"Karampaglidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"CENIEH, Paseo Sierra de Atapuerca 3, 09002 Burgos, Spain"}]},{"given":"Gloria","family":"Desir","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jorge","family":"Sevil","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"Jes\u00fas","family":"Guerrero","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8013-8637","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ivan","family":"Fabregat","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}]},{"given":"\u00c1ngel","family":"Garc\u00eda-Arnay","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Earth Sciences, University of Zaragoza, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,4,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"61","DOI":"10.1016\/j.earscirev.2014.08.002","article-title":"A review on natural and human-induced geohazards and impacts in karst","volume":"138","author":"Parise","year":"2014","journal-title":"Earth Sci. 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