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Lithological contrasts control relief evolution and erosion rate at the transition of the alpine foreland basin and the Bohemian Massif esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/... Great cooperation 🤩: @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @uni-graz.at, ‪@uni-freiburg.de, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @oeaw.bsky.social

🌶️ Paper alert 🌶️ The recent publication of our PhD student Nicolas Villamizar-Escalante shows links between slab dynamics and the pattern of exhumation in the Calabrian Arc. Great job Nicolas! @unisalzburg.bsky.social @strucgeology.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Slab length and slab tearing control asymmetric exhumation of the Calabrian Arc

Slab dynamics play a fundamental role in shaping landscapes through subduction, tearing, and rollback. The Calabrian Arc, situated along the convergen…

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Beautiful Asturias Beach pebbles at the Atlantic coast of northern Spain - artwork by nature!

What a fantastic day in my backyard with Benjamin Campforts and highly motivated students from the University of Amsterdam. Triassic reefs, Pleistocene glaciations, retreating waterfalls, rockfalls, and costs for protective measure in a nutshell. @bcampforts.bsky.social @unisalzburg.bsky.social

What might the northern Calcareous Alps have looked like in the LGM? - and what are the links between glaciations and landslides? Here is an ice flow simulation for the Hochschwab massif (hosting the Wildalpen landslide) with the new code from: @hergarten.bsky.social # @unisalzburg.bsky.social

Are you interested in the evolution of high mountain peaks? Visit me at my talk tomorrow at the EGU in room G2, Session TS 4.2 (17:10 - 17:20). Hope to CU there !

:-) :-) :-) 10 fully-funded PhD positions :-) ::-) :-) Please forward to anyone who might be interested. We offer 10 PhD positions at the interface of geology, ecology and geography. In particular, I would like to promote subproject 6 (see figure). www.plus.ac.at/doctorate-sc...

Ryan Abernathey @rabernat.bsky.social · 2y ago

Our doctoral program is now also in the public eye :⁠-⁠) salzburg.orf.at/stories/3286...

Studium über Klimawandel in den Alpen

Ein neues Doktoratsprogramm an der Universität Salzburg soll die Auswirkungen des Klimawandels auf die heimischen Alpen erforschen. 2,5 Millionen Euro an Fördergeldern bekam das neue Projekt dafür vom...

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My book is still out there! Please use, adapt, and help maintain if you find it helpful for teaching!

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 2y ago

This animation from the USGS shows the predicted shaking intensity from the M7 earthquake that occurred offshore of Cape Mendocino on December 5, 2024. 🧪⚒️ (Sound on)

Luca Malatesta @geoluca.bsky.social · 2y ago

Liran Goren just presented her recent work with Eitan Shelef on the links between channel concavity and drainage planform network. This is really elegant and captures the non-recoverable reorganization from wet➡️arid➡️wet climate cycles. esurf.copernicus.org/articles/12/...

Channel concavity controls planform complexity of branching drainage networks

Abstract. The planform geometry of branching drainage networks controls the topography of landscapes and their geomorphic, hydrologic, and ecologic functionality. The complexity of networks' geometry ...

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Earth Surface Dynamics @egu-esurf.bsky.social · 2y ago

In today's tectonic geomorphology course we discussed Davis' Cycle of Erosion (and differences to the models of Penck & Hack) and computed the hypsometric curves of catchments in the Sierra Nevada (Spain) following the recipe of Strahler, 1953. New ingredients: DEMs, GIS & Matlab! Old but gold!

Discussion open for comments: Old orogen - young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

Old orogen – young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif

Abstract. In several low mountain ranges throughout Europe, high-grade metamorphic and granitic rocks of the Variscan orogen are exposed – even though the topography of this Paleozoic mountain range w...

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How does relief evolve in intracontinental mountains, how quickly do they erode and what role does lithology play? Old orogen – young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20... @egu-esurf.bsky.social

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AlpsChange: Ein interdisziplinäres Tor zur Zukunft der Alpen - Paris Lodron Universität Salzburg

Neue Förderung für ein innovatives Doktoratsprogramm an der Universität Salzburg. In der jüngsten Bewilligungsrunde des Österreichischen Wissenschaftsfonds FWF wurde das zukunftsweisende Projekt AlpsC...

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Last week's rollercoaster ride started with endless classes despite a cold, but took a very positive turn with the announcement that our €2.5 million doctoral program had been funded. Back to full health, Salzburg never disappoints on weekends with its great outdoor options!

doctoral project funded (10 PhD positions :-))

Just grateful...

What would the world be without mushrooms? Most of the year they are almost invisibly hidden in the ground, but in the autumn forest they reveal their many shapes and colors. Many species are dependent on the substrate, resulting in an exciting relationship between fungi, soil types and bedrock.

Why is geology important to understand the climate of the past and the future and to mitigate the consequences of climate change? I had great hours discussing these and other questions with students from St. Rupert Gymnasium (Bischofshofen). Thanks for the photos Paul @pamoe.bsky.social

On invitation of the Rotary Club Bischofshofen, I was given the opportunity to speak to a great audience about global links in the climate system, about different time scales of climate change and their impacts on the Alps. Thanks to @pamoe.bsky.social for this enjoyable evening and the photographs.

One of my favorite views of the Dachstein. Rock climbing in my backyard 🤩.

The Eastern Alps are not the Himalayas, but anyone who claims they are a small mountain range only knows them from maps. A few big turns on the white gold in the middle of nowhere - simply the best! 🤩🤩🤩

Today's lecture: Equations are the best friends of geologists. In combination with a few cookies, the diffusion (heat) equation was quite easy to digest for our students 😁. ⚒️

I managed to escape the office and went skiing in my backward 🤩. Being alone in the mountains is always great for generating new ideas and thinking about future projects.

Benchmarking codes is essential to find weaknesses and correct bugs. Finding a setup that works for all codes is difficult because even grids are structured differently (in the picture you can see the quadtree grid from Gerris and our extension for rapid mass movements).

⚒️ 😁 #geology

I defended my PhD almost 20 years ago. Today, my former PhD supervisor (Kurt Stüwe) visited me and we moved the project meeting to my beloved backyard :-). 20 years later we still enjoy working on projects together as friends - that's what good mentoring is all about.