Prof. Dr. Olaf Kolditz, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ / TU Dresden, EnvironmentalInformatics, Leipzig, Germany.Dr. Uwe-Jens Goerke, Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ / TU Dresden, EnvironmentalInformatics, Leipzig, Germany.Prof. Dr. Heinz Konietzky, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Geotechnical Institute, Freiberg, Germany.Dr. Jobst Maßmann, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany.Holger Steeb, University of Stuttgart, Institute of Applied Mechanics, Stuttgart, Germany.Prof. Dr. Frank Wuttke, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Geomechanics and Geotechnics, Germany.Prof. Dr. Thomas Nagel, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Geotechnical Institute, Freiberg, Germany.