Alpine Karst

Epikarst development, Siebenhengste-Hohgant, Switzerland

Karrenfield in the Swiss Alps, Lake Thun in the background

Tracer injection into steel and high alpine karst aquifer, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany

Chamois and karstified Triassic limestone, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany

Karren development, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany

High alpine karst landscape, Zugspitze, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany

Meltwater sinking into a swallow hole, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland

Glacier retreat

Injection of a tracer (uranine) into a sinking glacier stream, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland

Injection of a tracer (AmidoG) into alpine karst, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland

Glacier on top of a karst aquifer, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland

Glacier-polished karst limestone at Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland

Injection of a tracer (uranine) into the estavelle, Schwarzwasser valley, Austria

The largest estavelle in the Alps, cave entrance acting as karst spring, Austria

The largest estavelle in the Alps, cave entrance acting as swallow hole, Austria

Alpine karst landscape with large-scale karren fields, Hochifen-Gottesacker, Austria / Germany

Alpine karst landscape with karren development, Hochifen-Gottesacker, Austria / Germany