Field trip 5, Monday 23^rd September 2024 (Full day)

Glaciers and mass movements in the Hohe Tauern range: from the LGM until now

Guides: Jürgen Reitner, Mathias Steinbichler

The trip will focus on the Rauris Valley and the lower part of the Fusch Valley, where well preserved successions of glacial and gravitational deposits can be studied. During the trip we will show how sedimentary successions of glacial, periglacial and gravitational deposits in combination with dating techniques lead to a model of landscape evolution driven by glaciers and mass movements for this inneralpine part of the Eastern Alps during the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene. At the head of Rauris Valley we will visit crucial landforms and deposits for understanding the dynamic Lateglacial to Holocene history of glacial stands and re-advances. Lunch will be provided in the lodge of the Naturfreunde Kolm Saigurn. The excursion guide (containing all Deuqua field trips) is included in the price to this field trip.