Hillslope; co-evolution; landscape evolution; geomorphology; soil; hydrology; vegetation; chronosequence
Musso Alessandra, Tikhomirov Dmitry, Plötze Michael L., Greinwald Konrad, Hartmann Anne, Geitner Clemens, Maier Fabian, Petibon Fanny, Egli Markus (2022), Soil Formation and Mass Redistribution during the Holocene Using Meteoric 10Be, Soil Chemistry and Mineralogy, in
Geosciences, 12(2), 99-99.
Maier Fabian, van Meerveld Ilja (2021), Long‐Term Changes in Runoff Generation Mechanisms for Two Proglacial Areas in the Swiss Alps I: Overland Flow, in
Water Resources Research, 57(12), e2021WR030.
Maier Fabian, Meerveld Ilja, Weiler Markus (2021), Long‐Term Changes in Runoff Generation Mechanisms for Two Proglacial Areas in the Swiss Alps II: Subsurface Flow, in
Water Resources Research, 57(12), e2021WR030.
Greinwald Konrad, Gebauer Tobias, Treuter Ludwig, Kolodziej Victoria, Musso Alessandra, Maier Fabian, Lustenberger Florian, Scherer-Lorenzen Michael (2021), Root density drives aggregate stability of soils of different moraine ages in the Swiss Alps, in
Plant and Soil, 468(1-2), 439-457.
Greinwald Konrad, Gebauer Tobias, Musso Alessandra, Scherer‐Lorenzen Michael (2021), Similar successional development of functional community structure in glacier forelands despite contrasting bedrocks, in
Journal of Vegetation Science, 32(2), e12993.
Musso Alessandra, Ketterer Michael E., Greinwald Konrad, Geitner Clemens, Egli Markus (2020), Rapid decrease of soil erosion rates with soil formation and vegetation development in periglacial areas, in
Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 45(12), 2824-2839.
Maier Fabian, van Meerveld Ilja, Greinwald Konrad, Gebauer Tobias, Lustenberger Florian, Hartmann Anne, Musso Alessandra (2020), Effects of soil and vegetation development on surface hydrological properties of moraines in the Swiss Alps, in
CATENA, 187, 104353.
Musso Alessandra, Lamorski Krzysztof, Sławiński Cezary, Geitner Clemens, Hunt Allen, Greinwald Konrad, Egli Markus (2019), Evolution of soil pores and their characteristics in a siliceous and calcareous proglacial area, in
CATENA, 182, 104154-104154.
Author |
Maier, Fabian; van Meerveld, Ilja |
Publication date |
16.03.2021 |
Persistent Identifier (PID) |
https://doi.org/10.5880/fidgeo.2021.011 |
Repository |
GFZ Data Services
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Author |
Musso, Alessandra; Ketterer, Michael; Egli, Markus |
Publication date |
01.01.2020 |
Persistent Identifier (PID) |
https://doi.pangaea.de/10.1594/PANGAEA.914919 |
Repository |
PANGEA
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Abstract |
This data set comprises Plutonium measurements in undisturbed soils in the Swiss Alps. It contains 239+240Plutonium activities and 240Pu/239Pu ratios to determine the origin of the Plutonium. The samples were taken as part of HILLSCAPE (Hillslope Chronosequences and Process Evolution) in August/September 2017.
Author |
Musso, Alessandra; Ketterer, Michael; Egli, Markus |
Publication date |
01.01.2020 |
Persistent Identifier (PID) |
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.914915 |
Repository |
PANGAEA
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Abstract |
This data set comprises Plutonium measurements in undisturbed soils in the Swiss Alps. It contains 239+240Plutonium activities and 240Pu/239Pu ratios to determine the origin of the Plutonium. The samples were taken as part of HILLSCAPE (Hillslope Chronosequences and Process Evolution) in August/September 2017.
Author |
Musso, Alessandra; Lamorski, Krzysztof; Egli, Markus |
Publication date |
01.01.2020 |
Persistent Identifier (PID) |
https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.915127 |
Repository |
PANGAEA
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Abstract |
The sampling campaign took place in August/September 2017 as part of the project HILLSCAPE, Hillslope Chronosequence and Process Evolution. This dataset comprises different pore parameters measured by Computed Tomography. Parameters of the pores include volume, radius, area and equivalent diameter. The Skeleton files include graph, segment and node statistics.
Human activities and climate change are rapidly changing the earth's surface. However, our understanding of how soils change over time and how this influences ecological, hydrological and geomorphological processes is still elementary. Some soil properties are persistent, but others can change rapidly with significant effects on water quantity and quality. This is particularly true at the hillslope scale, where lateral and vertical transport processes interact over various timescales. Water and vegetation shape the surface and subsurface properties of hillslopes through weathering, soil development, and erosion. These processes, in turn, control water flow paths. The distribution of water also affects the vegetation, while vegetation in turn also affects the flow pathways for water. Although all of these processes affect each other, their numerous interactions have only recently become a research focus. The multidisciplinary HILLSlope Chronosequence And Process Evolution (HILLSCAPE) project focuses on the vertical and lateral redistribution of water and matter along hillslopes and how this redistribution affects and is affected by soil, vegetation and landscape development. The co-evolution of these processes is a novel and challenging research field.The overall research question of the project is: How does the hillslope feedback cycle evolve in the first 10,000 years and how is this related to the evolution of hillslope structure, including plant cover? HILLSCAPE will identify the dominant controls on hillslope functioning and their feedback processes at hillslopes on moraines of different ages and thus stages in their evolution. We will use a chronosequence of highly instrumented plots at two different locations with different parent material and follow an all-measurements-on-all-plots approach to ensure integration of the different datasets and insights. For each age class, we will investigate six plots, covering a gradient of vegetation complexity. We will determine the hillslope structure at each of these plots and study the hydrological and geomorphological processes during frequent and extreme rainfall events by conducting a series of artificial rainfall experiments. We will also quantify the relevant structural and functional traits and characteristics of the co-occurring plants to derive indices of structural and functional diversity. The combination of the four interdisciplinary PhD projects and the integrative modelling work of the post-doc allows us to understand how hillslope structure and functioning and their feedback processes change during hillslope evolution.