TUM Landslides Group goes New Zealand

In the corporation with TUM Landslide member Daniel Draebing, Sam McColl gained funding for the research project “Investigating glacier retreat as a driver of rock slope collapse: Mueller Rockslide” from Massey University Research Fund (MURF) and the Department of Conservation of New Zealand (DoC). In February, fieldwork will start at the Sealy Range near Mt Cook/Aoraki Village in the Southern Alps of New Zealand. Aims of the fieldwork is the identification of short-term and long-term behaviour of the 50 mio m³ Mueller Rockslide. In addition, results from the DFG-funded project “Influences of snow cover on thermal and mechanical processes in steep permafrost rockwalls” will be presented by Daniel Draebing at the 17^th Biennial Australian and New Zealand Geomorphology Group (ANZGG) meeting in Greytown.