Studium Geologie Salzburg

20/05/2026

Watzmann (2713 m) as seen from largest peatland complex (Ibmer Moor) of Austria.

Field day impressions collected by 📷

05/05/2026

2. Säule/2nd pillar - RockLabs
(English below)

Hast du eine Leidenschaft für Naturwissenschaften und würdest gern praktische Erfahrungen mit Laborarbeit und verschiedenen Analysemethoden sammeln? 🧪

Dann geht es nach dem Gelände direkt in die RockLabs (2. Säule). Hier gehen wir den Dingen wissenschaftlich auf den Grund.

Analytik: Mineralogische, physikalische und chemische Analysen von Gesteinen, Böden und Wässern.

Präzision: Erstellung von 3-D-Modellen des Untergrunds und geotechnische Prüfungen für Bauvorhaben.

Geschichte: Wasser und Gestein analytik, sowie Geochronologie zur Erfassung von Verweilzeiten und als Archiv der Erd- und Umweltgeschichte.

🔗 Link in Bio für alle Details! Verpass nicht unseren dritten Post zur digitalen Simulation! 💻


Do you have a passion for science and want to develop skills in lab work and different analytical methods? 🧪

After the field, we head to the RockLabs. This is where we get to the scientific core of the system Earth.

Analytics: Mineralogical, physical, and chemical analyses of rocks, soils, and water.

Precision: Creating 3D subsurface models and geotechnical testing for engineering projects.

History: Water and rock analysis for geochronology to track residence times and use it as an archive of Earth’s history.

🔗 Link in bio for more info! Don’t miss our third post on digital simulations! 💻

03/05/2026

English below:

Liebst du die Natur, bist naturwissenschaftlich interessiert und bereit, die Alpen zu deinem Labor zu machen? 🥾

In der Säule FieldLabs unseres neuen Bachelorstudiums „Angewandte Umwelt- und Geowissenschaften“ (Start: 01.10.2026) tauschen wir den Hörsaal gegen das Gelände.

Das Labor in der Natur: Aufnahme und Interpretation von Gesteinen, Prozessen und Strukturen direkt in den Alpen.

Methoden: Anwendung moderner Messmethoden zur Erkundung von Erdoberfläche und Untergrund.

Fokus: Analyse von Erdoberflächenprozessen und deren Wechselwirkungen mit Atmosphäre, Hydrosphäre und Biosphäre.

🔗 Mehr Infos im Link in der Bio! Bleib dran für die nächste Säule: Unsere RockLabs! 🔬

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Do you love being out in nature, have a passion for science, and want to turn the Alps into your laboratory? 🥾

In the FieldLabs pillar of our brand-new Bachelor’s program (starting Oct 1, 2026), we trade the lecture hall for the great outdoors.

The natural lab: Recording and interpreting rocks, processes, and structures in the Alps.

Methods: Using modern measurement techniques to explore the Earth’s surface and subsurface.

Focus: Scientific analysis of Earth surface processes and their interaction with the atmosphere, hydrosphere, and biosphere.

🔗 Check the link in bio for details! Stay tuned for our next pillar: The RockLabs! 🔬

salzburg

29/04/2026

Last week our students learned the geological units and structures of the Eastern Alps during a 2 days field trip with and Christoph von Hagke. Weather conditions were excellent in the beautiful landscape around Salzburg.

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18/04/2026

14/04/2026

Drunken forests and earth flows in the mist 🌫️ 🌁. We visited the landslides and earth flows in the "Gschliefgraben" near Gmunden, one of the historically best documented (and now best monitored) dramatic earth flows in the Eastern Alps - in day 2 of the excursion to "risk and hazards in Alpine regions". This area is also a geosite, and a unique bio-habitat and a remarkable example from a forestry perspective.

25/03/2026

1st day of the excursion to "Hazards and risk in an Alpine setting" with a team of international participants.

We visited key spots for flood management in torrents in Hallein, the geopark "ore of the Alps" and an actual construction work in Mühlbach/Hochkönig where we got insights in the great (team)-work which is done by the WLV (Austrian avalanche and torrent control).

21/01/2026

finished his PhD with an excellent talk and defense to the topic: "how the deep Earth shapes the surface - coupled crust mantle dynamics in the Calabrian Arc"

Congratulations

15/01/2026

Microphotographs from the Mönchsberg conglomerate. The Mönchsberg - one of Salzburg's city mountains was in the focus of a public event this week with geological contributions by Bernhard Salcher and Christoph von Hagke.

The beautiful sample preparation was done by
📷 and Michael Discher

24/12/2025

The flat light and the early sunsets in the surrounding mountains around winter solstice, Christmas and the new year (no snow yet)

We wish you a beautiful and peaceful Christmas time ✨