ETHZ Engineering Geology

Engineering Geology group, led by Prof. Jordan Aaron, in the Dept. of Earth Sciences at ETH Zurich

[Bergwelt🇨🇭 @bergwelt_me]

Am #MonteRosa-Massiv mit der #Dufourspitze (4634 m), dem höchsten Berg der Schweizer #Alpen, ereignete sich am Wochenende auf der italienischen Seite ein grosser #Bergsturz. Die Gesteinsmassen donnerten bis auf 2380 m hinab.🏔🪨 (Bild: Luca Tondat)

#Bergwelt #Schweiz #Italien

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

What a great excursion for our ‘Ingenieurgeologie’ BSc students visiting the construction site 🏗️ for a 14 story building with demanding 💧 retention conditions. Many thanks to Max Zeuner and Bibin Chakkalamattath from Jäckli Geologie for their detailed explanations! 🙏

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

🚨📜 DEBRIS FLOW PAPER ALERT 📜 🚨

Are you applying the #superelevation method to obtain #debrisflow #velocity estimates? Then don't miss: Åberg et al. (2024) used 🆕 field data to validate the method!👀➡️📜https://t.co/RWuCNZ7t9q

[Gemeinde Albula/Alvra @AlbulaAlvra]

Ergiebige Niederschläge haben starke #Beschleunigung im oberen Schuttkegel ausgelöst. Spontane #Rutschungen bis in die Wiesen hinter dem Dorf sind möglich. 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘇/𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗻𝘇𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗵𝘁 𝗸𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗵𝗿. #Sicherheitszone einhalten! #BrienzerRutsch

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

Spotter view👀to secure the #DebrisFlow channel during #LiDAR & #camera #calibration measurements near #oeschinensee 📸#snowmelt increases #Risk
#fieldwork #ProblemSolving at Spitze Stei #mykandersteg

[Institute of Geological Sciences, Uni Bern @geologyUniBern]

📢Paper alert! Pfiffner provides details on the largest rock avalanche in the Alps🏔️, located in Flims, Switzerland🇨🇭, where the largest components attained hundreds of meters in size and still display the original bedding structure. @unibern
More info:⬇️
https://t.co/fRorTV7iR5

[Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @ETH_EAPS]

#phd #jobalert
The Engineering Geology research group (@ETH_EngGeol) at ETH Zurich is looking for a doctoral candidate with a strong interest in rock mechanics and laboratory analysis.

Have a look at https://t.co/Hqpz8FE3tv

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

Great #CAS_ETH Applied Earth Sciences excursion to Spitze Stei, #Kandersteg!🏔️🪨 Despite limited visibility due to weather, we gained invaluable insights into practical #EngGeo, thanks to C. Kienholz, D. Tobler (@GEOTEST_ch), & Prof. J. Aaron. #NaturalHazards #RiskManagement

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

EG students applying their newly gained knowledge &🙌-experience of #satellite #radar by verifying #displacements🗺️retrieved from #DInSAR over #Triesenberg.
🔚 of an intense week on "Monitoring the🌎with📡from🛰️" covering real-🌍examples of landslides, earthquakes🫨 &🌋activity!

[Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy]

THAT . IS . SOMETHING ! 😳

A landslide occurred on tuesday night that dammed the Chilcotin river (BC, Canada).
It caused a 2 km-long lake to form.
Deposit area is 0.5 km².

Pic/Lidar survey by @brianmenounos
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[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

To celebrate 🎓🔚, our 2nd-year MSc students enjoyed 3-days of #Alpine #Engineering #Geological #Excursion🎉! We visited the 🪨🫨deposit of the Flims #RockAvalanche, hiked through the 🤯#Moosfluh #landslide & explored the #underground network of the #SaltMines 🧂🤓 in Bex

[Markus Pfister @MarkusPfister5]

Airolo nach einer extremen Gewitternacht, 29./30. Juni 2024

[Matthias Sänger @myweather_ch]

Bilder vom Vallemaggia heute Morgen…

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

@HirschbergJac 🚨📜 DEBRIS-FLOW PAPER ALERT 📜🚨
New in-sights on #debrisflow #entrainment under different moist conditions and #climate #change using #RAMMS. @SLFDavos_RAMMS @WSL_research @ETH_ERDW

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

Interested in the #Engineering #Geology seminar? Let us know; We've got a 📧-list!

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

Ever heard of a human-induced M0 #earthquake?😎
This years #EngineeringGeology #seminar ended with the talk by V. Gischig on the 🆕and very exciting results achieved at the underground @BedrettoLab! 🎉
https://t.co/JbSMYBxlLO
Join next years seminar: https://t.co/yztaD5a9mF

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

#Landslide, #Rockslide & #Rockfall 3 in 1 #Excursion! The #massmovement continues to impact local 🏘
Unique insights on the dynamics of the 📰-worthy #BrienzRutsch in @AlbulaAlvra by #CSDingenieure, #BürofürTechnischeGeologie, #Tiefbauamt @kanton_gr, @mariusch13, & @RicPedre!

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

Successful #excursion to the relicts of the disastrous #Trachtbach landslide above #BrienzBE🏔️
Our #LandslideAnalysis students are now #modelling the #hillslope stability using #Slide2; balancing the #driving and #resisting forces to test hypotheses on the #triggeringmechanism!

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

Spielmann & Aaron, 2024 https://t.co/6SwGjQQgyK
Aaron et al., 2023 https://t.co/XNRRAqFh9O

[ETHZ Engineering Geology @ETH_EngGeol]

🚨📜 DEBRIS FLOW PAPER ALERT (links⬇️)📜 🚨
Intrigued by highly resolved #3D #flowdynamics of #debrisflows using #highfrequency #LiDAR? Then: 👀 the new 📜 of Spielmann & Aaron!
For more info on the setup at #Illgraben 👀➡️📜Aaron et al.