Short Description
Mala ground penetrating radar consisting of: control and receiver unit, ground carriage, various shielded and unshielded antennas, Toughbook, operation and analysis software
Geoelectrics Geotom consisting of: basic unit, electrodes, coupling cable, Toughbook, operating and analysis software
Geometrics seismics consisting of: multiple data acquisition systems (geodes), geophones, geophon cables, data transmission cables, various accessories, operating and analysis software
Contact Person
Dr. Veronika Tenczer
Research Services
Recording and observation of current landscape changes, especially in high mountain valleys, summit areas and glacier aprons
Quantification of sediment flows
Exploration and modelling of permafrost distribution
Detection and monitoring of rock instabilities and mass movements
Methods & Expertise for Research Infrastructure
Georadar: Determination of sediment thicknesses, ice thicknesses (glaciers), layer boundaries, exploration of permafrost in loose rocks, detection of archaeological sites (e.g. walls, roads), as well as pipes in the underground.
Object sounding, e.g. of avalanche victims.
Seismics: Differentiation of different soil layers (e.g. clay, sand, gravel, solid rock), determination of sediment thicknesses, exploration of permafrost in solid rocks and loose rocks, exploration of fracture systems in solid rocks, determination of valley fillings and exploration of geological basin structures.
Geoelectrics: Determination of soil moisture, exploration of permafrost in rock and loose rock, detection and demarcation of groundwater bodies and determination of sediment fillings.
alpS, Center for Climate Change Adaptation, Innsbruck
Alpinfra, consulting & engineering GmbH, Salzburg
Geoconsult Salzburg ZT GmbH
Hohe Tauern National Park, Salzburg
Berg & Sicherheit AG, Samedan
Hydrographic Service, Land Salzburg
Geocentricom, TB for Geology and Hydrology, Salzburg
Institute of Geography, UNI Vienna
2018 -2022
Jan-Christoph Otto, Robert Junker, Sabine Kraushaar
EU Commission Horizon 2020
GlacierRocks - Glacier-Headwall Interaction and its Influence on Rockfall Activity
2017 - 2020
Markus Keuschnig, Kay Helfricht
Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
RiCoLa - Landslide-induced river course changes and lake formation
2017 - 2020
Günter Prasicek, Daniel Hölbing
Austrian Academy of Sciences, ÖAW
Principle Investigators: Dr. Günther Prasicek, Dr. Daniel Hölbling
2010-2012
Jan-Christoph Otto
Austrian Academy of Sciences , ÖAW
SedyMONT - Sediment budgets of glacier forefields
2008-2011
Lothar Schrott, Jan-Christoph Otto
FWF
permalp.at - Permafrost distribution in Austria
2008-2011
Lothar Schrott, Jan-Christoph Otto
Verschiedene Quellen
MOREXPERT 1 – Developing a Monitoring Expert System for Hazardous Rock Walls
2010-2014
Markus Keuschnig, Ingo Hartmeyer
FFG – Austrian Research Promotion Agency; alpS Centre for Climate Change Adaptation
MOREXPERT 2 – From Climate Change Impact Monitoring to Dynamic Risk Management
2014-2017
Ingo Hartmeyer, Markus Keuschnig
FFG – Austrian Research Promotion Agency; alpS Centre for Climate Change Adaptation
2020
Hartmeyer, I., R. Delleske, M. Keuschnig, M. Krautblatter, A. Lang, L. Schrott & J. C. Otto
Earth Surf. Dynam., 8, 729-751.
A 6-year lidar survey reveals enhanced rockwall retreat and modified rockfall magnitudes/frequencies in deglaciating cirques.
2020
Hartmeyer, I., M. Keuschnig, R. Delleske, M. Krautblatter, A. Lang, L. Schrott, G. Prasicek & J. C. Otto
Earth Surface Dynamics, 8, 753-768.
Calibrated Ice Thickness Estimate for All Glaciers in Austria.
2019
Helfricht, K., M. Huss, A. Fischer and J.-C. Otto
Frontiers in Earth Science
Fracture dynamics in an unstable, deglaciating headwall, Kitzsteinhorn, Austria
2019
Ewald, A., I. Hartmeyer, M. Keuschnig, A. Lang and J.C. Otto 2019. .
The Cryosphere Discuss., 2019: 1-25.DOI: 10.5194/tc-2019
Linking rock weathering, rockwall instability and rockfall supply on talus slopes in glaciated hanging valleys (Swiss Alps)
2018
Messenzehl K, Viles H, Otto J‐C, Ewald A, Dikau R. Linking rock weathering, rockwall instability and rockfall supply on talus slopes in glaciated hanging valleys (Swiss Alps). Permafrost and Periglac Process. 2018;1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1976
Permafrost and Periglac Process. 2018;1–17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppp.1976
GIS Applications in Geomorphology, Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
2017
Otto, J.-C., Prasicek, G., Blöthe, J. and Schrott, L.
Elsevier. doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.10029-6
Geoelectrical monitoring of frozen ground and permafrost in alpine areas: field studies and considerations towards an improved measuring technology
2014
R. Supper, D. Ottowitz, B. Jochum, A. Römer, S. Pfeiler, S. Kauer, M. Keuschnig and A. Ita
Near Surface Geophysics, 2014, 12, 93-115
Long-term monitoring of permafrost-affected rock faces – A scale-oriented approach for the investigation of ground thermal conditions in alpine terrain, Kitzsteinhorn, Austria
2012
Hartmeyer I., Keuschnig, M., Schrott L.
Austrian Journal of Earth Science, Vol. 105/2, pp. 128-139
Lidar snow cover studies on glaciers in the Ötztal Alps (Austria): comparison with snow depths calculated from GPR measurements
2014
Helfricht, K., Kuhn, M., Keuschnig, M., and Heilig, A.
The Cryosphere, 8, 41-57
DOI: 10.5194/tc-8-41-2014, 2014.
Permafrost monitoring at Mölltaler Glacier and Magnetköpfl
2012
Ottowitz D., Jochum B., Supper R., Römer A., Pfeiler S., Keuschnig M.
Berichte der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 01/2012; 93:57-64
ISSN: 1017-8880.
Postglacial sediment storage and rockwall retreat in a semi-closed inner-alpine sedimentary basin (Gradenmoos, Hohe Tauern, Austria)
2013
Götz, J., Otto, J.-C. & L. Schrott
Geografia Fisica e Dinamica Quaternaria Vol. 36/1, 63-80.
DOI: 10.4461/GFDQ.2013.36.5
Detection of mountain permafrost by combining high-resolution surface and subsurface information – An example from the Glatzbach catchment, Austrian Alps
2012
Otto, J.-C., Keuschnig, M., Götz, J., Marbach, M. and Schrott, L.
Geografiska Annaler: Series A, Physical Geography, 94, 43-57
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0459.2012.00455.x.
An Undercooled Scree Slope Detected by Geophysical Investigations in Sporadic Permafrost below 1000 M ASL, Central Austria
2014
Stiegler, C., Rode, M., Sass, O., Otto, J.C.,
Permafrost and Periglacial Processes, 25(3), 194-207
Modelling alpine permafrost distribution in the Hohe Tauern region, Austria
2012
Lothar Schrott, Jan-Christoph Otto, Felix Keller
Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 105/2, 169-183
Deepening of inner gorges through subglacial meltwater — An example from the UNESCO Entlebuch area, Switzerland.
2012
Dürst Stucki M., Schlunegger F., Christener F., Otto J.-C. & J. Götz
Geomorphology, Vol. 139/140, 506-517
Adapting to climate change in a high mountain environment – Developing a monitoring expert system for hazardous rock walls
2011
Hartmeyer I., Keuschnig M., Otto J.-C., Schrott L.
Climate 2011, Online Conference
Methodische Potentiale der modernen Geomorphologie für die Analyse, Quantifizierung und Rekonstruktion von Erdoberflächenprozessen
2015
Götz J., Otto J.-C., Salcher B & J. Buckel
GW-Unterricht (Fachwissenschaft) 138, 5-26