| Expert Type | Scientific / Fundamental Research |
| Applied Sciences / Technologies / Engineering |
| Topic Atmosphere | Climate |
| Topic Cryosphere | Glaciers |
| Permafrost / Solifluction |
| Topic Pedosphere | Geology / Sediments |
| Topic Lithosphere | Tectonics |
| Sediments: Formation, Dynamics, Metamorphism |
| Magmatic Rocks: Formation, Metamorphism |
| Topic Economy/ResourceUse | Land Cover / Land Use / Landscape |
| Spatial Zones | Mountain / Highland |
| Lowland |
| Urban |
| Rural |
| Coastal Zone |
| Spatial Scale | Regional |
| Time Frame | Past: Quarternary |
| Past: Tertiary |
| Past: Cretaceous |
| Past: Jurassic |
| Past: Triassic |
| Past: Palaeozoic |
| Recent / Today |
| Time Scale | Seasonal / Annual |
| Decadal / Centennial |
| Millenial |
| 100 kyr |
| Billenial (Mio yrs) |
| Methods | Data Collection |
| Data Collection - Measurement |
| Data Analysis |
| Integrated Assessment |
| GeoForum Geo-Technology | Rock and Soil Mechanics |
| Tunneling, Drilling, Foundations, Construction |
| Cartography |
| Geoinformatics |
| Hydrogeology |
| Geotechnics, Geomatics, Geophysics |
| GeoForum Environmental-Technology | Groundwater Protection |
| Prospection |