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Ödenwinkel: an Alpine platform for observational and experimental research on the emergence of multidiversity and ecosystem complexity
Robert R. Junker
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg,
Austria
Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, Department of Biology,
Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
Maximilian Hanusch
Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg,
Austria
Xie He
Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg,
Austria
Victoria Ruiz-Hernández
Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg,
Austria
Jan-Christoph Otto
Department of Geography and Geology, University of Salzburg,
5020 Salzburg, Austria
Sabine Kraushaar
Department of Geography and Regional Research, University of
Vienna, 1010 Vienna, Austria
Kristina Bauch
Hohe Tauern National Park Salzburg, Research & Science,
park administration, 5730 Mittersill, Austria
Florian Griessenberger
Department for Mathematics, University Salzburg, 5020
Salzburg, Austria
Lisa-Maria Ohler
Department of Biosciences, University Salzburg, 5020 Salzburg,
Austria
Evolutionary Ecology of Plants, Department of Biology,
Philipps-University Marburg, 35043 Marburg, Germany
Wolfgang Trutschnig
Department for Mathematics, University Salzburg, 5020
Salzburg, Austria
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Ingo Hartmeyer, Robert Delleske, Markus Keuschnig, Michael Krautblatter, Andreas Lang, Lothar Schrott, and Jan-Christoph Otto
Earth Surf. Dynam., 8, 729–751, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-729-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-729-2020, 2020
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Climate warming is causing significant ice surface lowering even in the uppermost parts of alpine glaciers. Using terrestrial lidar, we quantify rockfall in freshly exposed cirque walls. During 6-year monitoring (2011–2017), an extensive dataset was established and over 600 rockfall events identified. Drastically increased rockfall activity following ice retreat can clearly be observed as 60 % of the rockfall volume detached from less than 10 m above the glacier surface.
Ingo Hartmeyer, Markus Keuschnig, Robert Delleske, Michael Krautblatter, Andreas Lang, Lothar Schrott, Günther Prasicek, and Jan-Christoph Otto
Earth Surf. Dynam., 8, 753–768, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-753-2020, https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-8-753-2020, 2020
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Rockfall size and frequency in two deglaciating cirques in the Central Alps, Austria, is analysed based on 6-year rockwall monitoring with terrestrial lidar (2011–2017). The erosion rates derived from this dataset are very high due to a frequent occurrence of large rockfalls in freshly deglaciated areas. The results obtained are important for rockfall hazard assessments, as, in rockwalls affected by glacier retreat, historical rockfall patterns are not good predictors of future events.
Andreas Ewald, Ingo Hartmeyer, Markus Keuschnig, Andreas Lang, and Jan-Christoph Otto
The Cryosphere Discuss., https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-42, https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-2019-42, 2019
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Processes destabilising recently deglaciated rocks, driving cirque headwall retreat, and putting alpine infrastructure at risk are poorly understood due to scarce in situ data. We monitored fracture deformation at a cirque headwall in the Austria Alps. We found thermo-mechanical expansion and freeze-thaw action as dominant processes for deformation. Our results highlight the importance of liquid water in combination with subzero-temperatures on the destabilisation of glacier headwalls.
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Short summary
We introduce the Alpine research platform Ödenwinkel to promote observational and experimental research on the emergence of multidiversity and ecosystem complexity. The Ödenwinkel platform will be available as a long-term ecological research site where researchers from various disciplines can contribute to the accumulation of knowledge on ecological successions and on how interactions between various taxonomic groups structure ecological complexity in this Alpine environment.
We introduce the Alpine research platform Ödenwinkel to promote observational and experimental...