Research group Prof. Herget - Paleohydrology and Geomorphology
The focus of our research lies upon the reconstruction of river floods. Thereby extreme events since the Pleistocene are investigated, for example outbursts of natural dam-lakes. Numerous historical floods are documented in respect of water levels; in order to interpret these floods for risk assessment and disaster prevention water levels have to be converted into peak discharges. Floods often leave specific small-scale morphological features in the landscape, which can be interpreted hydraulically by using methods of process-orientated research. Here these methods primarily comprise experiments in laboratory flumes.
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![Prof. Dr. Herget shows historical flood level on a memorial plaque](https://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/ag-herget/medien-ag-herget/03_p1030857-3.jpg/@@images/image/leadimagesize)
Teaching
![scour created in the hydraulic test channel](https://www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/de/forschung/arbeitsgruppen/ag-herget/medien-ag-herget/kolk2.jpg/@@images/image/leadimagesize)
Research
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Jürgen Herget
0.055 (312)
Meckenheimer Allee 166
Thomas Roggenkamp
0.056 (311)
Meckenheimer Allee 166