Experimentelle Erkundung von Wildbächen, Murgängen, Hangrutschungen und Steinschlag: Aktuelle Beispiele der WSL

Introduction to the special issue of Geographica Helvetica: "Mapping, measuring and modeling in geomorphology"

“…Despite the fact that many of those sub-disciplines may adopt slightly different terminology or nomenclature, the porosity of their respective research boundaries, and the level of overlap that exists between adjacent subjects means that many practitioners in "physical geography" commonly draw on ideas, theories or techniques from neighbouring specialisms in order to more robustly test a specific hypothesis or answer a particular research question (Sparks, 1969). One subdiscipline that regularly draws on techniques from closely allied disciplines is geomorphology (e.g.…”

“…For instance, Stähli et al (2015) demonstrate a variety of ways in which episodic and hence difficult-to-observe mountain and hillslope processes, such as debris flows, landslides and rock falls, can be recreated under laboratory conditions. The resultant process-based knowledge is then used to bridge the gap between pure observations (i.e.…”