Val Parghera: One year of continous monitoring

Since April 2013,  GEOPRAEVENT is monitoring the landslide Val Parghera for the canton of Grisons. The monitoring system consists of several gauge radars, webcams and a weather station. During June 2013, interferometric radar measurements and laser scans have shown...

Rockfall on the Chur-Arosa railway line

A rockfall disrupted the railway line of the Rhaetian Railway close to Lüen on the Chur-Arosa line on October 16, 2013. Fast action was required: Could the railway be cleared from the debris right away or were further events to be expected? Together with the...

3rd station in China

Our first station in the Shaksgam Valley has been up and running for two years. In 2012, a second station was added at an altitude of almost 5000 m asl. In May 2013, two members of the GEOPRAEVENT AG team and a geologist from GEOTEST AG travelled to China again to...