The Gottesacker alpine karst system is a long-term study site on the German-Austrian border. Numerous studies have resulted in a good understanding of the hydrogeological behavior of the area, but the complexity that makes it attractive as a research site also makes it difficult to share this research with the general public. This figure serves as an introduction to the structure and karst features of the area.
A sampling of research done at this site includes:
Goldscheider N, 2005. Fold structure and underground drainage pattern in the alpine karst system Hochifen-Gottesacker. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 98, 1–17.
Chen Z, Goldscheider N, 2014. Modeling spatially and temporally varied hydraulic behavior of a folded karst system with dominant conduit drainage at catchment scale, Hochifen–Gottesacker, Alps. Journal of Hydrology 514, 41–52.
Goeppert N, Goldscheider N, Berkowitz B, 2020. Experimental and modeling evidence of kilometer-scale anomalous tracer transport in an alpine karst aquifer. Water Research 115755.
Fandel C, Miville F, Ferré T, Goldscheider N, Renard P, 2022. The stochastic simulation of karst conduit network geometries using anisotropic fast marching, and its application to a geologically complex alpine karst system. Hydrogeology Journal.