Morpho- and hydrogenesis of water bodies in subsidence basins as exemplified by water bodies in Zabrze, Upper Silesia (Southern Poland)

2014 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 471-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Machowski ◽  
Martyna A. Rzętała
Keyword(s):  
Water Bodies ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Southern Poland

Autochthonic and allochthonic plant detritus as zoobenthos habitat in anthropogenic woodland ponds

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneta Spyra
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Mining Activities ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Plant Matter ◽  
Plant Detritus ◽  
Allochthonous Detritus ◽  
Woodland Ponds ◽  
The Impact

AbstractRegardless of origin, all water bodies situated inside forests form a unique habitat for many freshwater animals due to the allochthonous detritus covering the bottom, composed mostly of leaves from waterside trees. For many years these woodland ponds have been considered to be advantageous to regional biodiversity. Investigations were carried out in eight anthropogenic woodland ponds, formed as a consequence of coal mining activities, situated in forest complexes in Upper Silesia (Southern Poland), to evaluate the impact of allochthonic and autochthonic plant detritus on the formation of zoobenthic communities, together with insolation intensity. In sites covered by a layer of allochthonic plant matter, zoobenthos were more abundant compared to places covered by autochthonic detritus. The density of zoobenthos in sun-exposed sites was two to three times greater than in shaded sites.

scholarly journals Environmental factors influencing the occurrence of freshwater snails in woodland water bodies

Biologia ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 65 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Aneta Spyra
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Factors ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Freshwater Snails ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Water Parameters ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Factors Influencing ◽  
Physico Chemical ◽  
Woodland Ponds ◽  
Chemical Water

AbstractStudies were carried out in eight woodland water bodies that are situated in an urbanised area of Southern Poland (Upper Silesia). The aim of this study was to determine the influence of auto- and allochthonous plant detritus and exposure to sunlight on the structure of snail communities in woodland ponds. Among some physico-chemical water parameters, pH influenced the occurrence of snails, whereas sunlight caused an increase in diversity of the snail communities. In the total snail collection, 72.1% of specimens were gathered in sun-exposed sites. By the same degree of insolation more preferred by snails were the sites with allochthonic detritus. The snail fauna of subsidence ponds located inside a forest area differs from those occurring in urban agglomerations. The most conspicuous difference is the high numbers in three woodland ponds of Hippeutis complanatus (L.), which is rare in this area.

Phosphorus minerals in tonstein; coal seam 405 at Sośnica-Makoszowy coal mine, Upper Silesia, southern Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kokowska-Pawłowska ◽  
Jacek Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Mineral Composition ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Basin Area

Abstract Kokowska-Pawłowska, M. and Nowak, J. 2013. Phosphorus minerals in tonstein; coal seam 405 at Sośnica- Makoszowy coal mine, Upper Silesia, southern Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 63 (2), 271-281. Warszawa. The paper presents results of research on tonstein, which constitutes an interburden in coal seam 405 at the Sośnica- Makoszowy coal mine, Makoszowy field (mining level 600 m), Upper Silesia, southern Poland. The mineral and chemical compositions of the tonstein differ from the typical compositions described earlier for tonsteins from Upper Silesia Coal Basin area. Additionally, minerals present in the tonsteins include kaolinite, quartz, kaolinitised biotite and feldspars. The presence of the phosphatic minerals apatite and goyazite has been recognized. The presence of gorceixite and crandallite is also possible. The contents of CaO (5.66 wt%) and P2O5 (6.2 wt%) are remarkably high. Analysis of selected trace elements demonstrated high contents of Sr (4937 ppm) and Ba (4300 ppm), related to the phosphatic minerals. On the basis of mineral composition the tonstein has been identified as a crystalline tonstein, transitional to a multiplied one.

scholarly journals Taxonomy, phylogeny and biogeography of the late Famennian conodont genus <i>Mashkovia</i>

1998 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 119-124 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zdzislaw Belka
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Climatic Factors ◽  
Anterior Part ◽  
Apparent Absence ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Diagnostic Characters ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Regions Of Russia

Abstract. Mashkovia is one of the provincial conodonts which developed during late Famennian time in the cratonic regions of Russia. In this study, the taxonomy of this genus is revised, based on diagnostic characters of the Pa elements, such as the morphology of the anterior part of the platform, the ornamentation and the shape of the secondary keels. As a consequence, four species, including M. silesiensis n. sp. now discovered in Upper Silesia of southern Poland, are distinguished. The apparent absence of Mashkovia from North America, Variscan Europe, Australia and Africa cannot be simply explained by using temperature or other global climatic factors as a reason for the provincialism. Currents and/or local palaeoecologic factors were probably more important in controlling the distribution of these conodonts.

scholarly journals Natural and anthropogenic influences on ice formation on various water bodies of the Silesian Upland (southern Poland)

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maksymilian Solarski ◽  
Alicja Pradela ◽  
Mariusz Rzętała
Keyword(s):  
Winter Season ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Ice Cover ◽  
Water Bodies ◽  
Ice Formation ◽  
Anthropogenic Influences ◽  
Freezing And Thawing ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Great Danger ◽  
Ice Phenomena

Natural and anthropogenic influences on ice formation on various water bodies of the Silesian Upland (southern Poland)The aim of the study was to identify patterns of ice-related phenomena on 39 selected anthropogenic water bodies in the Silesian Upland in southern Poland. The core research was conducted in the winter season of 2009/2010, between December and March. Field measurements and observations were conducted every two days during the freezing and thawing phases and every four days at the time of continuous ice cover. Data were interpolated to cover days without observations. Differences in the ice cover phenology on these water bodies were caused by natural conditions (morphometric and hydro-meteorological) and human activity (thermal pollution). Two principal groups of anthropogenic water bodies were identified in terms of the ice phenomena: lakes and ponds with a natural or quasi-natural pattern of ice phenomena and water bodies featuring various degrees of human impact. The thickness of the ice-cover was found to vary, which was a source of great danger to the users of the water bodies in the winter season.

L'evolution sedimentaire et tectonique du bassin hercynien de Moravie-Haute-Silesie

1966 ◽  
Vol S7-VIII (4) ◽  
pp. 537-547
Author(s):  
Rafal Unrug
Keyword(s):  
Lower Permian ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Upper Carboniferous ◽  
Southern Poland

Abstract The Moravia-Upper Silesia basin of southern Poland and northern Czechoslovakia is a good example of geosynclinal development. Geosynclinal sedimentation beginning in the Devonian passed gradually without tectonic break into late geosynclinal coal-producing sedimentation. After Asturian (upper Carboniferous) folding, upper Carboniferous and lower Permian sediments were laid down. The migration of subsidence and molasse-type sediments within the geosynclinal system is clearly shown.

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