On the 14/06/2015 destructive debris flows occurred at the “Faltenbach” and adjacent torrents in Oberstdorf (Bavaria, Germany). The damages to infrastructure and houses amount to several millions. Andreas Dietrich investigated sediment mobilisation… [weiterlesen]

Benjamin Jacobs and Michael Krautblatter permformed geophysical and LiDAR measurements as part of the new Cryowall Project at the Nordnesfjellet at the Lyngenfjord in Northern Norway. The Cryowall project is funded by the Norwegian Science Foundation… [weiterlesen]

Congratulations to the Bachelor students who completed their research projects under the supervision of the Landslide Research group. A list of the completed projects (in German and English) is included below: Matthias Schaub  (2015). Einfluss von… [weiterlesen]

5 members of the Landslide Group and the Engineering Geology Group were certified by Advanced Climbing Solutions for their climbing work on rock faces - the final day of training was performed at the Zugspitze [weiterlesen]

Sibylle conducted field work doing a seismic survey on the Eibsee lake, which has been formed by a massive rock avalanche 3700 years ago, in cooperation with Prof. Flavio Anselmetti (University of Bern, Switzerland). Reflection seismic profiles aim… [weiterlesen]

As TUM MSc Engineering Geology students use modern field data collection tools for their landslide mapping course, Fulcrum is now blogging about our work. The advantages by using their application are highlighted in the article on Fulcrumapp.com [weiterlesen]

The German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e.V.) has approved funding for our PhD student and teaching assistant Sibylle Knapp (left person on picture above). The German National Academic Foundation is Germany's… [weiterlesen]

Late last summer two videos appeared documenting spectacular fractures forming in bedrock at locations in both California and Finland. Kerry Leith joined members of the Geological Survey of Finland (GTK) to undertake geophysical surveys and detailed… [weiterlesen]

A large landslide last week is thought to have killed over 2000 people from the village of Ab Barek in north-eastern Afghanistan. This is one of the worst landslide disasters of recent years, a timely reminder of the power of nature - and in this… [weiterlesen]

The 2015 General Assembly of the EGU will again be a busy time for members of the Landslide Research Group. As well as ten oral and poster presentations during the conference (links to all the abstracts and session times are listed below), Michael… [weiterlesen]