Alpine Karst
All photos on this page copyright Nico Goldscheider
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Epikarst development, Siebenhengste-Hohgant, Switzerland
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Karrenfield in the Swiss Alps, Lake Thun in the background
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Tracer injection into steel and high alpine karst aquifer, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany
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Chamois and karstified Triassic limestone, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany
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Karren development, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany
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High alpine karst landscape, Zugspitze, Wetterstein Mountains, Germany
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Meltwater sinking into a swallow hole, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland
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Glacier retreat
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Injection of a tracer (uranine) into a sinking glacier stream, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland
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Injection of a tracer (AmidoG) into alpine karst, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland
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Injection of a tracer (AmidoG) into alpine karst, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland
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Glacier on top of a karst aquifer, Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland
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Glacier-polished karst limestone at Tsanfleuron-Sanetsch, Switzerland
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Injection of a tracer (uranine) into the estavelle, Schwarzwasser valley, Austria
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The largest estavelle in the Alps, cave entrance acting as karst spring, Austria
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The largest estavelle in the Alps, cave entrance acting as swallow hole, Austria
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Alpine karst landscape with large-scale karren fields, Hochifen-Gottesacker, Austria / Germany
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Alpine karst landscape with karren development, Hochifen-Gottesacker, Austria / Germany