Prof. Dr. Markus Egli

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Current research projects

Project leader	Project title
Egli	Influence of permafrost on chemical and physical weathering
	Investigation of soil chronosequences of the Wind River Range (Wyoming) using geochemical mass balances and numerical dating techniques
	ERA.Net-RUS: Weathering and landscape evolution in fragile alpine and subarctic regions
	Effect of climate on coarse woody debris decay dynamics and incorporation into the soils of forested Alpine areas (DecAlp)
	Tree growth rings as early indicators of volcanic activity on Mt. Etna
	INQUA Project 1216 - RAISIN: Rates of soil forming processes obtained from soils and paleosols in well-defined settings
	Short- and long-term effects of fire on soil organic matter along a toposequence on Mt. Etna, Sicily
	Rock boulders as indicators of soil erosion (RAISE)
	Did landscape determine the outcome of the battle of Morgarten?
Egli Gruber	Remote surface exposure and rock fall dating A combined spectral/cosmogenic nuclide approach for dating rock surfaces of the Mont Blanc granite

Completed research projects

Project leader	Project title
Egli	Constructing a temporal framework for landscape dynamics in the eastern Swiss Alps during the Lateglacial and early Holocene
	Soil and Alpine landscape evolution since the Lateglacial and early/mid Holocene in Val di Sole (Trentino, Italy)
	Influence of pedo-environmental and climatic factors on the mobility of heavy metals in Alpine zones
	Initial stages of soil and clay mineral formation
	Short-, Mid- and Long-Term Changes in the Soil Chemistry and Clay Mineralogy of Different Geographical Regions of Switzerland
	Response of soil chemical and soil mineralogical characteristics to climate
	Influence of laurophyllous species and chestnut on soil weathering and clay mineral assemblages
	Climo- and chronosequences of soils and landscape evolution in the Etna region (Sicily)
	Modelling of soil properties in the Alpine area of the Upper Engadine
	Effect of soil quality and climate on citrus plants
	Influence of steam sterilisation on soil chemical characteristics, trace metals and clay mineralogy
	Germination, Genetics and Growth of an Ancient Date Seed
	Reconstruction of fire frequency and landscape history in the Etna region using a combined methodological approach: evidences from charcoals, soils and dendrochronology
	(Clay)Mineralogical investigations of forest soils of the canton of Zurich
	Heavy metal contamination in soils near formerly mined metal ores of the Mont Chemin
Fitze	Inventory and dynamics of soil organic carbon at and above the alpine timberline: case study in the region of the Jöri Lakes and the Vereina valley (GR)