Articles | Volume 17, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4671-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-17-4671-2025
Data description paper
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23 Sep 2025
Data description paper |  | 23 Sep 2025

KarstConduitCatalogue: a dataset of LiDAR derived point clouds for the analysis of karstic conduit geometry and morphology

Tanguy Racine, Celia Trunz, Julien Straubhaar, Stéphane Jaillet, and Philippe Renard

Data sets

KarstConduitCatalogue Tanguy Racine et al. https://doi.org/10.60544/sbjr-z851

Model code and software

ERC-Karst/pc-processing: v1.0.1 (v1.0.1) Tanguy Racine https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17150928

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Karst phenomena arise through dissolution, and the resulting landscapes are characterised by caves which focus the transport of water underground. To better understand geometry of these conduits at various scales, we mapped caves with laser scanners and built models of the walls to constitute the KarstConduitCatalogue. These mapping techniques allow us to measure cave geometries accurately. This paper describes how we acquired and curated the dataset and explores possible geoscientific uses.
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