scholarly journals Records on Anthropogenic Environmental Changes in Small River Valleys in the Vicinity of Łowicz (Central Poland): Their Significance for the Reconstruction of Late Holocene Settlement Tendencies

2011 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-20
Author(s):  
Jacek Forysiak ◽  
Milena Obremska ◽  
Juliusz Twardy
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Small River ◽  
Central Poland ◽  
Gradual Introduction ◽  
Organic Deposits ◽  
River Valleys

Abstract Based on palaeobotanical analyses of organic deposits, as well as geomorphological and geological studies at four sites in various geomorphological locations in relation to tributaries of the Bzura River, the presence of traces of human activity, its intensiveness, and classification to cultural levels were analysed. A pattern of later and later settlement in areas remote from the axis of the Warsaw-Berlin streamway was observed along with the gradual introduction of settlement from river valley bottoms to watershed zones.

scholarly journals Optical dating and sedimentary record from the terrace depositional profile of the Warta River (Central Poland)

2014 ◽  
Vol 41 (4) ◽  
pp. 361-368 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danuta Dzieduszyńska ◽  
Joanna Petera-Zganiacz ◽  
Juliusz Twardy ◽  
Piotr Kittel ◽  
Piotr Moska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Late Glacial ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Osl Dating ◽  
Flood Events ◽  
Alluvial Terrace ◽  
Sedimentary Record ◽  
Optical Dating ◽  
Central Poland ◽  
Stable Conditions

AbstractResults of OSL dating and sedimentary studies from the profile of the low alluvial terrace of the middle Warta River are presented. The samples were dated using the single-aliquot regenera-tive method. Dating was used to establish a timing of the Weichselian Late Glacial events in the river valley environment. Stable conditions on the floodplain are expressed by the deposition of organic-rich series radiocarbon dated at 12 900-12 600 cal BP and 11 600-10 770 cal BP. Samples for OSL dating were collected from the mineral material deposited during the intensification of flood events during the Weichselian decline. The results obtained for the alluvia range from 12.78 ± 0.62 ka b2k to 14.33 ± 0.74 ka b2k. Sedimentological criteria allowed to distinguish between particular flood events. Overestimation of OSL ages is probably a result of rapidity of environmental changes in that time.

Late Weichselian and Holocene record of the paleoenvironmental changes in a small river valley in Central Poland

2016 ◽  
Vol 135 ◽  
pp. 24-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Pawłowski ◽  
Ryszard K. Borówka ◽  
Grzegorz A. Kowalewski ◽  
Tomi P. Luoto ◽  
Krystyna Milecka ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Small River ◽  
Paleoenvironmental Changes ◽  
Central Poland ◽  
Holocene Record ◽  
Late Weichselian

scholarly journals THE GEOTOURIST ATTRACTIVENESS OF ŁAGOWICA RIVER VALLEY (HOLY CROSS MOUNTAINS, POLAND) – A PROJECT OF A GEOTOURIST TRAIL

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 1337-1346
Author(s):  
Małgorzata LUDWIKOWSKA-KĘDZIA ◽  
◽  
Małgorzata WIATRAK ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Regional Scale ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Small River ◽  
Individual Values ◽  
Holy Cross Mountains ◽  
Spatial Changes ◽  
River Valleys ◽  
Source Of Information ◽  
Mining Heritage

Geotourist evaluation of thirteen small geological, geomorphological and mining heritage objects was carried out in a small v alley of the Upper Łagowica River and in its surroundings (Holy Cross Mountains, Poland). The point grading method was used, which is functional in the case of evaluation of small geotourist objects. It was shown that the analysed objects are characterized by high and medi um geotourist attractiveness. When analysed together, they strengthen their own individual values. They are suited to mark out geotourist trails ( geotrail), and additionally become a source of information about spatial changes of geodiversity. They also determine the uniqueness of this type of small river valleys of the Holy Cross Mountains on a regional and supra-regional scale. The evaluation of these objects and the proposal of a geotourist trail in the Upper Łagowica River valley may contribute to the activation of local communities and government authorities in the promotion of geoeducation and geotourism, draw their attention to the need for preservation and protection of the geodiversity of small va lleys of the Holy Cross Mountains, and, what is especially important, may give information about the investment attractiveness of the area.

Hexactinellid sponge assemblages across the Campanian– Maastrichtian boundary in the Middle Vistula River section, central Poland

2012 ◽  
Vol 62 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewa Świerczewska-Gładysz
Keyword(s):  
Sea Level ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
River Valley ◽  
River Section ◽  
Sea Level Changes ◽  
Central Poland ◽  
Vistula River ◽  
Hexactinellid Sponge ◽  
Hexactinellid Sponges ◽  
Upper Campanian

ABSTRACTŚwierczewska-Gładysz, E. 2012. Hexactinellid sponge assemblages across the Campanian-Maastrichtian boundary in the Middle Vistula River section, central Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 62 (4), 561-580. Warszawa.The sponge fauna from the Upper Campanian-lowermost Maastrichtian succession of the Middle Vistula River valley (central Poland) is represented mainly by dictyid hexactinellid sponges (Hexactinosida and Lychniscosida). Their greatest abundance and taxonomic variability is noted in the “Inoceramus” inkermanensis Zone (Upper Campanian), and they are less diverse in the overlying (Upper Campanian) Trochoceramus costaecus Zone and lower “Inoceramus” redbirdensis Zone. In the upper “Inoceramus” redbirdensis Zone (basal Maastrichtian in the sense of the Tercis rather than the Boreal definition) they are extremely rare. With the beginning of the Maastrichtian the number of dictyid sponges gradually increases.The observed changes in the abundance and taxonomic variability of the dictyid sponges indicate environmental changes in the latest Campanian-earliest Maastrichtian sea in the area. It seems that changes in basin bathymetry, confined to eustatic sea-level changes in the latest Campanian and early Maastrichtian, were the most important factor. Progressive shallowing of the basin in the latest Campanian drastically restricted the development of dictyids. In the peak regression, the sea level could have fallen to only several tens of metres. The gradual recovery of the sponge assemblages correlates with subsequent deepening of the basin with the start of the Maastrichtian

Palaeoecological record of natural changes and human impact in a small river valley in Central Poland

2015 ◽  
Vol 370 ◽  
pp. 12-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dominik Pawłowski ◽  
Krystyna Milecka ◽  
Piotr Kittel ◽  
Michał Woszczyk ◽  
Waldemar Spychalski
Keyword(s):  
Human Impact ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Small River ◽  
Central Poland

Issues in the protection of small river valleys: the example of the Kulawa River valley (northwest Poland)

2010 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bożena Prajs ◽  
Wojciech Antkowiak
Keyword(s):  
River Valley ◽  
Small River ◽  
River Valleys

Issues in the protection of small river valleys: the example of the Kulawa River valley (northwest Poland)

scholarly journals A Stepwise GIS Approach for the Delineation of River Valley Bottom within Drainage Basins Using a Cost Distance Accumulation Analysis

Water ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 827
Author(s):  
Gasper L. Sechu ◽  
Bertel Nilsson ◽  
Bo V. Iversen ◽  
Mette B. Greve ◽  
Christen D. Børgesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Data ◽  
Nutrient Loading ◽  
Drainage Basin ◽  
River Valley ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Drainage Basins ◽  
Valley Bottom ◽  
Management Actions ◽  
Cost Distance ◽  
River Valleys

River valley bottoms have hydrological, geomorphological, and ecological importance and are buffers for protecting the river from upland nutrient loading coming from agriculture and other sources. They are relatively flat, low-lying areas of the terrain that are adjacent to the river and bound by increasing slopes at the transition to the uplands. These areas have under natural conditions, a groundwater table close to the soil surface. The objective of this paper is to present a stepwise GIS approach for the delineation of river valley bottom within drainage basins and use it to perform a national delineation. We developed a tool that applies a concept called cost distance accumulation with spatial data inputs consisting a river network and slope derived from a digital elevation model. We then used wetlands adjacent to rivers as a guide finding the river valley bottom boundary from the cost distance accumulation. We present results from our tool for the whole country of Denmark carrying out a validation within three selected areas. The results reveal that the tool visually performs well and delineates both confined and unconfined river valleys within the same drainage basin. We use the most common forms of wetlands (meadow and marsh) in Denmark’s river valleys known as Groundwater Dependent Ecosystems (GDE) to validate our river valley bottom delineated areas. Our delineation picks about half to two-thirds of these GDE. However, we expected this since farmers have reclaimed Denmark’s low-lying areas during the last 200 years before the first map of GDE was created. Our tool can be used as a management tool, since it can delineate an area that has been the focus of management actions to protect waterways from upland nutrient pollution.

scholarly journals Late-Holocene landscape evolution and human presence in the northern Danube delta (Chilia distributary lobes)

The Holocene ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 095968362110191
Author(s):  
Luminița Preoteasa ◽  
Alfred Vespremeanu-Stroe ◽  
Anca Dan ◽  
Laurențiu Țuțuianu ◽  
Cristian Panaiotu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Economic History ◽  
Late Holocene ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Sedimentary Facies ◽  
The Black Sea ◽  
Danube Delta ◽  
Human Presence ◽  
Historical Texts

This paper documents the Late-Holocene environmental changes and human presence in the northern Danube delta using a multidisciplinary approach that combines geoscientific data with archaeological findings, historical texts, and maps. It follows the formation and progression of the Chilia distributary and the reconfiguration of socioeconomic activities. Sedimentary facies identified on five new cores by changes in texture properties, magnetic susceptibility, geochemistry, and macro- and microfauna composition together with the newly obtained chronology constrain the complex evolution of the Chilia branch as filling in a long-lasting bay and then of a giant lagoon (Thiagola) which covered most of the northern delta since the Old Danube lobe inception (ca. 7500 yrs BP) till modern Chilia development. It initiated during the Greek Antiquity (ca. 2500 yrs ar BP) at the delta apex, while in Roman times (ca. 1800 yrs BP) it pursued its slow flowing into the vast Thiagola Lagoon. The most dramatic transformations occurred in the last 800 years when the river passed east of the Chilia promontory, rapidly went through the present-day Matița-Merhei basin (several decades), and created its first open-sea outlet. Solid discharge increased in two distinct periods, once in the Middle Ages (ca. 750 yrs BP) and then in the Modern Period (ca. 150 yrs BP) due to human-induced land-use changes in the Danube watershed. The chronology of the cultural remains on the pre-deltaic Chilia promontory and the multiproxy analysis of a sediment core retrieved nearby downstream suggest the terrestrial connection of the island with the mainland in ancient times. The hitherto contended issue of the old Thiagola Lagoon and its location are redefined here, as are the original identifications of ancient and medieval toponyms and hydronyms, especially for Chilia-Licostomo, Byzantine, Genoese, Moldavian, Ottoman, and Russian trading point of great importance in the political and economic history of the Black Sea and neighboring regions.

scholarly journals Quantifying Southern Pacific Rattlesnake (Crotalus oreganus helleri) Hunting Behavior through Community Science

Diversity ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 349
Author(s):  
Emily R. Urquidi ◽  
Breanna J. Putman
Keyword(s):  
Habitat Loss ◽  
Human Activity ◽  
Age Differences ◽  
Environmental Changes ◽  
Microhabitat Use ◽  
Ontogenetic Shift ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Hunting Behavior ◽  
Crotalus Oreganus ◽  
Community Science

It is increasingly important to study animal behaviors as these are the first responses organisms mount against environmental changes. Rattlesnakes, in particular, are threatened by habitat loss and human activity, and require costly tracking by researchers to quantify the behaviors of wild individuals. Here, we show how photo-vouchered observations submitted by community members can be used to study cryptic predators like rattlesnakes. We utilized two platforms, iNaturalist and HerpMapper, to study the hunting behaviors of wild Southern Pacific Rattlesnakes. From 220 observation photos, we quantified the direction of the hunting coil (i.e., “handedness”), microhabitat use, timing of observations, and age of the snake. With these data, we looked at whether snakes exhibited an ontogenetic shift in behaviors. We found no age differences in coil direction. However, there was a difference in the microhabitats used by juveniles and adults while hunting. We also found that juveniles were most commonly observed during the spring, while adults were more consistently observed throughout the year. Overall, our study shows the potential of using community science to study the behaviors of cryptic predators.

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