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Nuugaatsiaq Landslide, Greenland, 2017 Elevation Difference Image

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Elevation difference between 6/5/17 and 6/22/17 in the area of the Nuugaatsiaq landslide. Differenced DEM is overlain on a WorldView-2 image from 6/22/17 (DigitalGlobe, Inc.). Black lines indicate the approximate location of headscarps delineated from imagery collected on 6/22/17. (from "Analysis of Satellite Imagery and Seismic Observations of the Nuugaatsiaq Landslide and Tsunami, Greenland" by Erin Bessette-Kirton, Kate Allstadt, Jana Pursley, Jonathan Godt.

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