Midcongress Excursions on Sunday, 24 July 2011 / Jungfraujoch Excursions on 20, 24, 28 July
IMPORTANT: Please meet 15 minutes before departure time at the BERNEXPO or at the “meeting point” in the main train station(if not otherwise informed by the excursion guides). Please note, that all insurance is the sole responsibility of the participant.
Additional seats, if available, can be booked in the registration office until Friday, 22 July at 18.00. For details of the field trips, please see the congress website.
| Signature | Excursion | Guide | Departure from | Departure time * | Approx. return time |
| MID-01 | Quaternary geology and stratigraphy of the Bern area (LGM and pre-LGM landscape evolution) | Christian Schlüchter | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 18.30 |
| MID-02 | Glacial erosional landforms and the timing of LGM ice decay at Grimsel Pass | Susan Ivy-Ochs | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 19.00 |
| MID-03 | Pre-LGM and LGM palaeoglacier records of the Northern Alpine Foreland | Naki Akçar | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 20.00 |
| MID-04 | Dynamic and timing of glacial erosion in the valley of Hérens (Valais) | Daniel Ariztegui | BERNEXPO | 07.30 | 20.00 |
| MID-05 | Glacial and lacustrine history of the Lake Geneva basin, from the Middle Pleistocene to present (Palézieux, VD) | Walter Wildi | BERNEXPO | 09.30 | 19.00 |
| MID-06 | Sensitivity of alpine rivers to environmental changes during the Late Holocene in the Bernese Alps (Lake Brienz area) | Lothar Schulte | BERNEXPO | 08.30 | 19.00 |
| MID-07 | Morphogenesis and Quaternary deposits along the Sarine River (Canton Fribourg) | Luc Braillard | BERNEXPO | 09.00 | 17.30 |
| MID-08 | Quaternary Glaciations of Northern Switzerland (Schaffhausen Area) | Hansruedi Graf | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 18.00 |
| MID-09 | The Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) and late glacial ice extents in the Rhone Valley, with a focus on the Aletsch Glacier | Meredith Kelly | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 20.00 |
| MID-10 | Unteraar Glacier in the Bernese Oberland - Holocene glacier variability and modern glaciology (Grimsel area) | Anne Hormes | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 18.00 |
| MID-11 | Lateral moraine genesis and palaeoclimatic significance at Findelengletscher, Zermatt | Sven Lukas | Main train station Bern, meeting point | 07.07 | 20.00 |
| MID-12 | St. Beatus caves as archive of glaciation history and Aare Gorge as an example of glacial erosion | Philippe Häuselmann | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 18.00 |
| MID-13 | Cruising Lake Lucerne from inflow to outflow: Exploring Alpine geology, glaciations, natural hazards and human-environment interactions | Flavio Anselmetti | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 19.00 |
| MID-14 | Geomorphology of the last deglaciation and Holocene human occupation in Geneva | Stephanie Girardclos | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 18.00 |
| MID-15 | Late-Glacial and Holocene Treeline Dynamics - Climate, Fire and Land Use (Val de Hérémence, Canton Valais) | Daniele Colombaroli | BERNEXPO | 07.30 | 19.00 |
| MID-16 | Magdalenian of Switzerland (Swiss Late Upper Palaeolithic sites and "Laténium" museum of Neuchâtel) | Denise Leesch | BERNEXPO | 09.00 | 19.00 |
| MID-17 | Environmental and Human History in Central Switzerland | Ebbe Nielsen | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 19.00 |
| MID-18 | Prehistoric human occupations of the swiss Préalpes (Château-d'Oex, Canton VD) | Pierre Crotti | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 18.00 |
| MID-19 | Mammoth, peat and lignite - Quaternary deposits between Niederweningen and Gossau (Canton Zürich) | Heinz Furrer | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 19.00 |
| MID-22 | Touristic walk in the small gorge of the river Areuse (Canton Neuchatel) as an example of glacial erosion, with a visit of an old Asphalt Mines near Travers | Marc Rolli | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 18.30 |
| MID-23 | High alpine environmental dynamics: Late Quaternary vegetation, climate and land use change in the Bernese Alps | Erika Gobet | Main train station Bern, meeting point | 08.04 | 19.30 |
| MID-24 | The ultimate glacier experience - science and a glacier traverse | Conradin Zahno | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 19.00 |
| MID-26 | Glaciers as a natural hazard - and a modern solution. A special mountain hike | Corinne Kämpfer | BERNEXPO | 08.00 | 19.00 |
| JU-01 | Christian Schlüchter | Main train station Bern, meeting point | 06.45 meeting t. | 19.00 | |
| JU-02 | Stefanie Wirth | Main train station Bern, meeting point | 06.45 meeting t. | 19.30 | |
| JU-03 | Stefanie Wirth | Main train station Bern, meeting point | 06.45 meeting t. | 19.30 |
The information can be downloaded here (.pdf)