Welcome to GERG
Geomorphological and Environmental Research Group
Research focus
The geomorphological research of our group encompasses different sediment transport processes and their
analysis:- Landform analysis
- Geomorphological mapping
- Sediment budgets
- Slope stability analysis
- Analysis of natural hazards and risks
- Modelling of permafrost distribution and rock glacier kinematics
- Modelling soil erosion
- Holocene landscape evolution
- Social-ecological geomorphology
- Geomorphology of the Anthropocene
Field
Geomorphologic mapping, Surveying (Tachymetry, GPS), Drilling, Probing,
Inclinometer measurement, Geophysics (Refraction seismics, DC
resistivity)
Laboratory
Sedimentology and Geochemistry, Soil mechanics and soil physics, Dendrochronology
Office
Geomorphometry, GIS Analysis, Computer modelling, Air photograph interpretation, Remote sensing, Digital photogrammetry
