Jörg Robl
@joergrobl.bsky.social
Fascinated by nature!
Associate Professor for Geology at the University of Salzburg with special interest in landscape evolution, geodynamics and numerical modelling.
www.geodynamics.at
Associate Professor for Geology at the University of Salzburg with special interest in landscape evolution, geodynamics and numerical modelling.
www.geodynamics.at
Lithological contrasts control relief evolution and erosion rate at the transition of the alpine foreland basin and the Bohemian Massif esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/...
Great cooperation 🤩: @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @uni-graz.at, @uni-freiburg.de, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @oeaw.bsky.social
Great cooperation 🤩: @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @uni-graz.at, @uni-freiburg.de, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @oeaw.bsky.social
August 25, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Lithological contrasts control relief evolution and erosion rate at the transition of the alpine foreland basin and the Bohemian Massif esurf.copernicus.org/articles/13/...
Great cooperation 🤩: @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @uni-graz.at, @uni-freiburg.de, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @oeaw.bsky.social
Great cooperation 🤩: @unisalzburg.bsky.social, @uni-graz.at, @uni-freiburg.de, @uofglasgow.bsky.social, @oeaw.bsky.social
Getting an idea about coastal erosion - the power of waves is insane
August 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Getting an idea about coastal erosion - the power of waves is insane
Wild Asturias
Waves as sculptors of the coast ...
Waves as sculptors of the coast ...
August 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Wild Asturias
Waves as sculptors of the coast ...
Waves as sculptors of the coast ...
Beautiful Asturias
Beach pebbles at the Atlantic coast of northern Spain - artwork by nature!
Beach pebbles at the Atlantic coast of northern Spain - artwork by nature!
August 5, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Beautiful Asturias
Beach pebbles at the Atlantic coast of northern Spain - artwork by nature!
Beach pebbles at the Atlantic coast of northern Spain - artwork by nature!
What a fantastic day in my backyard with Benjamin Campforts and highly motivated students from the University of Amsterdam.
Triassic reefs, Pleistocene glaciations, retreating waterfalls, rockfalls, and costs for protective measure in a nutshell.
@bcampforts.bsky.social
@unisalzburg.bsky.social
Triassic reefs, Pleistocene glaciations, retreating waterfalls, rockfalls, and costs for protective measure in a nutshell.
@bcampforts.bsky.social
@unisalzburg.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
What a fantastic day in my backyard with Benjamin Campforts and highly motivated students from the University of Amsterdam.
Triassic reefs, Pleistocene glaciations, retreating waterfalls, rockfalls, and costs for protective measure in a nutshell.
@bcampforts.bsky.social
@unisalzburg.bsky.social
Triassic reefs, Pleistocene glaciations, retreating waterfalls, rockfalls, and costs for protective measure in a nutshell.
@bcampforts.bsky.social
@unisalzburg.bsky.social
What might the northern Calcareous Alps have looked like in the LGM? - and what are the links between glaciations and landslides? Here is an ice flow simulation for the Hochschwab massif (hosting the Wildalpen landslide) with the new code from: @hergarten.bsky.social
# @unisalzburg.bsky.social
# @unisalzburg.bsky.social
June 8, 2025 at 10:25 AM
What might the northern Calcareous Alps have looked like in the LGM? - and what are the links between glaciations and landslides? Here is an ice flow simulation for the Hochschwab massif (hosting the Wildalpen landslide) with the new code from: @hergarten.bsky.social
# @unisalzburg.bsky.social
# @unisalzburg.bsky.social
Are you interested in the evolution of high mountain peaks? Visit me at my talk tomorrow at the EGU in room G2, Session TS 4.2 (17:10 - 17:20). Hope to CU there !
April 27, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Are you interested in the evolution of high mountain peaks? Visit me at my talk tomorrow at the EGU in room G2, Session TS 4.2 (17:10 - 17:20). Hope to CU there !
:-) :-) :-) 10 fully-funded PhD positions :-) ::-) :-)
Please forward to anyone who might be interested. We offer 10 PhD positions at the interface of geology, ecology and geography. In particular, I would like to promote subproject 6 (see figure).
www.plus.ac.at/doctorate-sc...
Please forward to anyone who might be interested. We offer 10 PhD positions at the interface of geology, ecology and geography. In particular, I would like to promote subproject 6 (see figure).
www.plus.ac.at/doctorate-sc...
March 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
:-) :-) :-) 10 fully-funded PhD positions :-) ::-) :-)
Please forward to anyone who might be interested. We offer 10 PhD positions at the interface of geology, ecology and geography. In particular, I would like to promote subproject 6 (see figure).
www.plus.ac.at/doctorate-sc...
Please forward to anyone who might be interested. We offer 10 PhD positions at the interface of geology, ecology and geography. In particular, I would like to promote subproject 6 (see figure).
www.plus.ac.at/doctorate-sc...
In today's tectonic geomorphology course we discussed Davis' Cycle of Erosion (and differences to the models of Penck & Hack) and computed the hypsometric curves of catchments in the Sierra Nevada (Spain) following the recipe of Strahler, 1953. New ingredients: DEMs, GIS & Matlab!
Old but gold!
Old but gold!
December 9, 2024 at 4:04 PM
In today's tectonic geomorphology course we discussed Davis' Cycle of Erosion (and differences to the models of Penck & Hack) and computed the hypsometric curves of catchments in the Sierra Nevada (Spain) following the recipe of Strahler, 1953. New ingredients: DEMs, GIS & Matlab!
Old but gold!
Old but gold!
How does relief evolve in intracontinental mountains, how quickly do they erode and what role does lithology play?
Old orogen – young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
@egu-esurf.bsky.social
Old orogen – young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
@egu-esurf.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 4:49 PM
How does relief evolve in intracontinental mountains, how quickly do they erode and what role does lithology play?
Old orogen – young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
@egu-esurf.bsky.social
Old orogen – young topography: lithological contrasts controlling erosion and relief formation in the Bohemian Massif
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
@egu-esurf.bsky.social
Last week's rollercoaster ride started with endless classes despite a cold, but took a very positive turn with the announcement that our €2.5 million doctoral program had been funded. Back to full health, Salzburg never disappoints on weekends with its great outdoor options!
December 4, 2024 at 11:19 AM
Last week's rollercoaster ride started with endless classes despite a cold, but took a very positive turn with the announcement that our €2.5 million doctoral program had been funded. Back to full health, Salzburg never disappoints on weekends with its great outdoor options!
What would the world be without mushrooms? Most of the year they are almost invisibly hidden in the ground, but in the autumn forest they reveal their many shapes and colors. Many species are dependent on the substrate, resulting in an exciting relationship between fungi, soil types and bedrock.
October 19, 2024 at 5:02 PM
What would the world be without mushrooms? Most of the year they are almost invisibly hidden in the ground, but in the autumn forest they reveal their many shapes and colors. Many species are dependent on the substrate, resulting in an exciting relationship between fungi, soil types and bedrock.
Why is geology important to understand the climate of the past and the future and to mitigate the consequences of climate change?
I had great hours discussing these and other questions with students from St. Rupert Gymnasium (Bischofshofen).
Thanks for the photos Paul @pamoe.bsky.social
I had great hours discussing these and other questions with students from St. Rupert Gymnasium (Bischofshofen).
Thanks for the photos Paul @pamoe.bsky.social
May 15, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Why is geology important to understand the climate of the past and the future and to mitigate the consequences of climate change?
I had great hours discussing these and other questions with students from St. Rupert Gymnasium (Bischofshofen).
Thanks for the photos Paul @pamoe.bsky.social
I had great hours discussing these and other questions with students from St. Rupert Gymnasium (Bischofshofen).
Thanks for the photos Paul @pamoe.bsky.social
On invitation of the Rotary Club Bischofshofen, I was given the opportunity to speak to a great audience about global links in the climate system, about different time scales of climate change and their impacts on the Alps. Thanks to @pamoe.bsky.social for this enjoyable evening and the photographs.
March 7, 2024 at 11:57 AM
On invitation of the Rotary Club Bischofshofen, I was given the opportunity to speak to a great audience about global links in the climate system, about different time scales of climate change and their impacts on the Alps. Thanks to @pamoe.bsky.social for this enjoyable evening and the photographs.
One of my favorite views of the Dachstein. Rock climbing in my backyard 🤩.
February 12, 2024 at 7:54 PM
One of my favorite views of the Dachstein. Rock climbing in my backyard 🤩.
The Eastern Alps are not the Himalayas, but anyone who claims they are a small mountain range only knows them from maps. A few big turns on the white gold in the middle of nowhere - simply the best! 🤩🤩🤩
December 21, 2023 at 6:18 PM
The Eastern Alps are not the Himalayas, but anyone who claims they are a small mountain range only knows them from maps. A few big turns on the white gold in the middle of nowhere - simply the best! 🤩🤩🤩
Today's lecture: Equations are the best friends of geologists. In combination with a few cookies, the diffusion (heat) equation was quite easy to digest for our students 😁.
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December 11, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Today's lecture: Equations are the best friends of geologists. In combination with a few cookies, the diffusion (heat) equation was quite easy to digest for our students 😁.
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I managed to escape the office and went skiing in my backward 🤩. Being alone in the mountains is always great for generating new ideas and thinking about future projects.
December 8, 2023 at 3:10 PM
I managed to escape the office and went skiing in my backward 🤩. Being alone in the mountains is always great for generating new ideas and thinking about future projects.
Benchmarking codes is essential to find weaknesses and correct bugs. Finding a setup that works for all codes is difficult because even grids are structured differently (in the picture you can see the quadtree grid from Gerris and our extension for rapid mass movements).
November 22, 2023 at 10:16 AM
Benchmarking codes is essential to find weaknesses and correct bugs. Finding a setup that works for all codes is difficult because even grids are structured differently (in the picture you can see the quadtree grid from Gerris and our extension for rapid mass movements).
I defended my PhD almost 20 years ago. Today, my former PhD supervisor (Kurt Stüwe) visited me and we moved the project meeting to my beloved backyard :-).
20 years later we still enjoy working on projects together as friends - that's what good mentoring is all about.
20 years later we still enjoy working on projects together as friends - that's what good mentoring is all about.
November 9, 2023 at 5:56 PM
I defended my PhD almost 20 years ago. Today, my former PhD supervisor (Kurt Stüwe) visited me and we moved the project meeting to my beloved backyard :-).
20 years later we still enjoy working on projects together as friends - that's what good mentoring is all about.
20 years later we still enjoy working on projects together as friends - that's what good mentoring is all about.
I am still positively surprised at how well the debris flow code works, which I wrote 15 years ago as part of my work in a geological office. In today's course we use model results to determine the potential impact of debris flows on infrastructure.
#Teaching at the University of Salzburg ⚒️
#Teaching at the University of Salzburg ⚒️
November 6, 2023 at 8:44 AM
I am still positively surprised at how well the debris flow code works, which I wrote 15 years ago as part of my work in a geological office. In today's course we use model results to determine the potential impact of debris flows on infrastructure.
#Teaching at the University of Salzburg ⚒️
#Teaching at the University of Salzburg ⚒️
In tomorrow's GIS course we will be working on alpine natural hazards (e.g. rockfall) and impact analysis. The exercise serves as preparation for the dimensioning of protective structures for infrastructure in alpine areas - a typical task for our graduates in their future everyday work.
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November 5, 2023 at 10:32 AM
In tomorrow's GIS course we will be working on alpine natural hazards (e.g. rockfall) and impact analysis. The exercise serves as preparation for the dimensioning of protective structures for infrastructure in alpine areas - a typical task for our graduates in their future everyday work.
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Fantastic outcrop of the Oberalm Fm. with marls and clay-rich beds (background sedimentation), and calcareous turbitites.
The iconic peaks of the Barmsteine - landmark of my hometown - were formed due to the resistance of the thick, almost vertical turbitite beds to erosive surface processes.
The iconic peaks of the Barmsteine - landmark of my hometown - were formed due to the resistance of the thick, almost vertical turbitite beds to erosive surface processes.
November 4, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Fantastic outcrop of the Oberalm Fm. with marls and clay-rich beds (background sedimentation), and calcareous turbitites.
The iconic peaks of the Barmsteine - landmark of my hometown - were formed due to the resistance of the thick, almost vertical turbitite beds to erosive surface processes.
The iconic peaks of the Barmsteine - landmark of my hometown - were formed due to the resistance of the thick, almost vertical turbitite beds to erosive surface processes.