Intense karst denudation in a crystalline basin with a small share of carbonate rocks (Sudety Mountains, SW Poland)

We present the results of a water circulation study in a small drainage basin in a mountainous area of a complicated structure. Two types of waters were found in the basin; the sulphate waters were linked to gneiss and crystalline schist rocks, while the bicarbonate waters were linked to a marble interbed. The paper looks at a number of water circulation and mixing scenarios and discusses the origin of the bicarbonate waters. Measurements and calculations helped to identify two karst water circulation systems within the marble interbed that were probably not connected to each other. The primary system collects waters migrating via fissures from a non-carbonate section of the drainage basin above. Initially these waters are of the sulphate type: acidic and corrosive to the carbonate rocks. After passing into the marble interbed, they gradually assume a bicarbonate nature by becoming saturated with products of the chemical dissolution of carbonate rocks. This karst system is drained by springs. The other system begins in a sinkhole that intercepts a portion of the stream discharge (or all of it during extreme droughts) and ends with dispersed outflows directly into the channel lower down in the drainage basin.

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Kaczawa Klippen Belt – geotouristic attraction in the Sudety Mountains, SW Poland

Acta Geoturistica ◽

10.1515/agta-2018-0004 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 30-35

Author(s):

Jan Golonka ◽

Maria Barmuta ◽

Jan Barmuta

Keyword(s):

High Education ◽

Accretionary Prism ◽

Sw Poland ◽

Sudety Mountains ◽

Education Value

Abstract In the paper authors present some geological sites from Kaczawa Unit, Sudetes, Poland, and their interpretation in a geotectonic context. All described geosites are important for understanding the evolution of so called Kaczawa Accretionary Prism as well as whole Sudetes. Presented outcrops are easily accessible, well exposed and exhibits high education value. Special attention was given to the Wojcieszów Limestones and their relationship to the surrounding rocks

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Radon-222 in medicinal groundwaters of Szczawno Zdrój (Sudety Mountains, SW Poland)

Environmental Geology ◽

10.1007/s002540000231 ◽

2001 ◽

Vol 40 (4-5) ◽

pp. 429-439 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

Tadeusz Andrzej Przylibski ◽

Krystian Mroczkowski ◽

Adam Zebrowski ◽

Paweł Filbier

Keyword(s):

Sw Poland ◽

Sudety Mountains

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Andromeda polifoliaandOxycoccus microcarpusas pollution indicators for ombrotrophic bogs in the Western Sudety Mountains (SW Poland)

Journal of Environmental Science and Health Part A ◽

10.1080/10934529.2013.744578 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 48 (7) ◽

pp. 686-693 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Bronisław Wojtuń ◽

Aleksandra Samecka-Cymerman ◽

Krzysztof Kolon ◽

Agnieszka Klink ◽

Alexander J. Kempers

Keyword(s):

Pollution Indicators ◽

Sw Poland ◽

Sudety Mountains

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Contribution to the knowledge of mycobiota of the Western Sudety Mountains and Western Sudety Foothills (SW Poland). Part 1

Acta Mycologica ◽

10.5586/am.1106 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 53 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Błażej Gierczyk ◽

Ryszard Soboń ◽

Tomasz Pachlewski ◽

Tomasz Ślusarczyk

Keyword(s):

Sw Poland ◽

Sudety Mountains

The paper presents the results of several years of mycological studies carried out in Poland, in the Western Sudety Mountains (the Karkonosze, Kaczawskie, Izera, and Rudawy Janowickie mountains), Western Sudety Foothills (the Izerskie and Kaczawskie Foothills), and adjacent regions, such as the Jelenia Góra Valley, Lubawska Gate, and Sudety Foreland (the Niemczańsko-Strzelińskie Hills). During the study, the presence of 985 fungal taxa (species, varieties, and forms) was recorded; of these, 66 had hitherto not been observed in Poland.

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