Field Guides    
         
  Before studying individual field guides, you might want to get an overview about various aspects and sites by looking through the summary available below. The page "Field Guides" on OLAT contains active links to all field guides.  
         
 
 
  000 Course Objectives    
  000 a   Summary  
         
  001 Overview of Field Sites    
  001 a   Part 0 overview  
  001 b   Part 1 overview  
  001 c   Part 2  
  001 d   Part 3  
  001 e   Part 4  
  001 f   Part 5  
  001 g   Part 6  
  001 h   Part 7  
  001 i   Part 8  
  001 j   Part 9  
  001 k   Part 10  
  001 l   Part 11  
  001 m   Part 12  
 
 
         
  002 Mesozoic Habitat-Biogeology in the Eastern Swiss Alps  
  002 a   Plate Tectonics and Tethys  
  002 b   Gonzen: Iron Oxide Deposits around former Rift Vents  
  002 c   Bünden Shale: Abyssal Tethys Sediments  
  002 d   Tethys – Limestone and Evaporites: Carbonates, Gypsum  
  002 e   Lower Engadin Window (LEW): Penninic Sediments  
  002 f   S-charl: Former Pb-, Zn-, Ag-mineral Mine  
  002 g   Totalp: Weathering and Geobiochemistry at Peridotite / Serpentinite – Schiahorn: Dolomite Contact Zone  – Salzer Horn: Gneiss – Gotschna: Radiolarite  
  002 h   Subsurface Biogeochemistry in Tunnels, Mine Shafts and Caves  
 
 
         
  003 Subsurface Geochemistry    
  003 a   How Mineral Waters get formed  
         
  004 Iron Cycling    
  004 a   Surface and Subsurface Geomicrobiology of Iron Cycling  
  004 b   Iron Springs as microbial Habitats  
         
  005 Sulfur Springs    
  005 a   Sulfur Springs as microbial Habitats  
         
  006 Carbonate Springs    
  006 a   Carbonate Springs as microbial Habitats  
         
  007 Geochemistry at Surfaces    
  007 a   Geochemistry at Mineral Surfaces- Part 1: Clays, Silicates, Carbonates  
  007 b   Geochemistry at Mineral Surfaces- Part 2: Clays, Silicates, Carbonates  
         
  008 Nutrients in Atmospheric Dust    
  008 a   Nutrient Supply to remote Locations by atmospheric Dust  
 
 
         
  009 Economic Aspects    
  009 a    Mineral Waters for Health and Wellness - Part 1  
  009 b   Mineral Waters for Health and Wellness - Part 2  
  009 c   Landslides and Avalanches  
 
 
         
  010 Jöri Lakes: Integrated geobiochemical Case Studies in a glacial Retreat Area  
  010 a  

High Mountain aquatic Ecosystems - Habitats for Organisms pioneering into the Extremes - Overview 1

 
  010 b   High Mountain aquatic Ecosystems in the Jöri Lake Catchment - Overview 2  
  010 c   Retreat of the Jöri Glacier  
  010 d   Geology and Tectonics of the Jöri Catchment  
  010 e   Erosion and Weathering of Silvretta Gneiss  
  010 f   Iron, Manganese and Phosphorus Cycling  
  010 g   Nutrient Scavenging in High Mountain Lakes and Streams  
  010 h   High Mountain Lakes as geomicrobiological Habitats  
  010 i   Diversity of Microorganisms in High Mountain aquatic Habitats  
  010 j   Algal Blooms in High Mountain Lakes  
  010 k   Community Regulation through Selection and Adaptation  
         
  011 Snow and Ice Habitats    
  011 a   Snow and ice habitats  
 
 
         
  012 Implications for Earth History    
  012 a   Mountain Geomicrobiology: Implications for Earth history  
 
 
         
  013 Alpine Vegetation Ecology    
  013 a   Aspects of alpine Vegetation Ecology  
 
 
         
  020 Focus Questions    
  020a   Questions to some sites and contents of the field courses  
 
 
         
    Guides compressed    
  001-007   001-007_Field_guides.zip  
  007-013   008-013_Field_guides.zip  
 
 
  More field guides will be added as new projects develop.