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The main component of microfossils in the bottom sediments of Reindeer Lake from Spitsbergen, documenting the almost 8,000-year history of this water body, are algae representing colonies of a very rare species Pediastrum orientale (Skuja) Jankovská et Komárek 1995 with only a very small (lower than 1%) admixture of other green algae species. It ha...
The western part of the Nałęczów Plateau (E Poland) features numerous permanent gullies whose concentration locally exceeds 10 km/km2. Their formation is linked to agricultural activity and natural factors conducive to intensive gully erosion such as the presence of thick loess covers, diverse relief, or frequent occurrence of torrential rainfall....
Multi-proxy analyses of two twin sediment cores from Reindeer Lake were performed to reconstruct Holocene environmental conditions in this eastern branch of Bellsund region (Western Spitsbergen). The basal sediment was AMS-dated to 8.4-8.2 ka cal BP. The low thickness of the sediments in the profile, with a good correlation of dates with their dept...
Spitsbergen is the largest island in the Svalbard Archipelago (Norway) that has been permanently populated. The harsh Arctic climate prevents development of large vascular plants such as trees. A two-year aerobiological survey was conducted within the framework of two consecutive polar expeditions (2014 and 2015) in Spitsbergen (Calypsobyen, Bellsu...
Sunken lanes are roads or tracks, 2 m or more wide, that are incised at least 0.5 m, but often by several meters, below the general level of the surrounding land surface. They are formed by the passage of people, animals, vehicles and erosion by water and gravity. Although these anthropogenic landforms are quite common worldwide they received limit...
Progressing climate changes and declining ice cover (glacial) are accompanied by an increase in the length of paraglacial coasts. Therefore, issues related to the development and transformation of such areas attract increasing interest. No complex classification of paraglacial coasts has been presented so far. The main aim of this study was the det...
The article discusses the results of the latest interdisciplinary research of Czermno stronghold and its immediate surroundings. The site is mentioned in chroniclers’ entries referring to the stronghold Cherven’ (Tale of Bygone Years, first mention under the year 981) and the so-called Cherven’ Towns. Given the scarcity of written records regarding...
The objective of this research is to determine the impact of waves on the segregation of sediment within the area of its supply in the context of meteorological conditions. The research was conducted on a 4 km section of the shore of Calypsostranda (Bellsund, West Spitsbergen), shaped by waves such as swell, wind waves, and tides. Particular attent...
Vegetation changes as the main susceptible element of natural environment have been monitored since 1970s in the Central Roztocze region (SE Poland) in the surroundings of the Guciów village based on the Research Station of the M.Curie-Skłodowska University. The village founded in the 19th century is nowadays situated within the protected zone of t...
The presented paper is an attempt of adaptation of the Polish Uplands lithological classification for typology of natural upland landscape. The main element diversifying the natural environment is relief, dependent on lithological properties of substratum rocks. In comparison with former classification, changes about wide application of lithologica...
Lokalne ulewy obserwuje się głównie latem, w godzinach popołudniowych. Te intensywne opady przelotne występują przede wszystkim w strefie frontu zimnego lub stacjonarnego, w płytkim niżu lub zatoce niżowej. Najwydajniejsze z nich, deszcze nawalne, są w stanie wywołać gwałtowny spływ powierzchniowy i silną erozję, szczególnie na początku i w końcu o...
Recherchefjorden is one of the fjords of the western coast of Spitsbergen. This small water body with S-N orientation, length of 7 km, and width of 4-5 km is located 20 km from open sea. The fjord is open northwards, where it is connected with the Bellsund. The depth of the fjord is varied, but not exceeding 100 m. The prolongation of the fjord tow...
The paper presents determinants of location of the multicultural complex of archaeological sites in the vicinity of Ulów, in the Central Roztocze upland region in south-eastern Poland. Archaeological research revealed that in the area assumed to be devoid of settlements, the settlements of prehistoric and historical communities functioned from the...
The research was conducted in the peripheral area of a relatively large city (350 thousand residents) in its major part located on a loess plateau. The study object was a neglected road gully dissecting a dry valley. Soil and sediment sampling permitted the reconstruction of the development of its relief from the Late Glacial, with particular consi...
Asection of a gravel−dominated coast in Isbjørnhamna (Hornsund, Svalbard) was
analysed to calculate the rate of shoreline changes and explain processes controlling coastal
zone development over last 50 years. Between 1960 and 2011, coastal landscape of Isbjørn−
hamna experienced a significant shift from dominated by influence of tide−water glacier...
Holocene alluvial fans are a record of the evolution of the environment and human impact over the last 10 000 years. The study presents the structure of fans at the mouth of gullies as well as their development in the loess areas of the Lublin Upland. Sediment-soil sequences of seven alluvial fans and the adjoining flood sediments and dry valley bo...
Hillfort complex at Czermno - geoarchaeological studies
The article describes the mechanics and dynamics of the contemporary development of gully. It dissects a sandy side of the Bug River valley (eastern Poland) up to a depth of 10 m, along a 100 m long fragment of the boundary of the “Szwajcaria Podlaska” Nature Reserve. The
development of the gully has been observed since the appearance of its initia...
Southern Bellsund is characterised by one of the most diverse coastal geomorphology in the entire Svalbard. Coastal environments range from vast tidal flats, wide gravel-dominated beaches, lagoons, migrating spits and both rocky and ice cliffs. In this paper we summarise the geomorphological investigations carried out along selected coastal section...
The subject of the study was a gentle and smooth loess slope, featuring a Magdalenian culture site, located near the northern edge of the loess belt in eastern Poland. Based on the probing of 130 soil profiles across a 10 × 10 m mesh within an area of 1.2 ha, the land surface after the deposition of Weichselian loess was reconstructed. Soil mapping...
Gullies represent one of the most characteristic features of loess relief and an important feature of the cultural landscape of areas used for agriculture. In extensive parts of the Lublin region, the average gully density exceeds 2 km·km-2, and in the vicinity of Kazimierz Dolny (Nałęczów Plateau) and Szczebrzeszyn (Szczebrzeszyn Roztocze), it rea...
W pracy przedstawiono rozwój niewielkiego, śródpolnego wąwozu drogowego na Płaskowyżu Nałęczowskim, formującego się w ciągu kilkudziesięciu lat. Rozcinająca zbocze lessowej dolinki forma ma 80 m długości i do 2 m głębokości. Rozwój wąwozu ukazano na tle zmian ukształtowania powierzchni sąsiednich pól, spowodowanych erozją gleb uprawnych. Współczesn...
The glacial history of the Svalbard archipelago is often a hot topic for researches, but the articles usually refer to a particular piece of Svalbard. The authors of this work studied many scientific articles based on the researches to find and collect this history.
Svalbard archipelago is located in the Arctic, at the edge of the continental shelf...
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In 2013 we celebrate the 27th anniversary of the 1st Polar Expedition to Spits-bergen organised by the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS) in 1986....
The archaeological site in Klementowice is the north-easternmost settlement point of the Magdalenian
technocomplex in Europe. The paper presents the results of geoarchaeological investigations focused on
recognition, identification, and interpretation of environmental determinants of the site location. The
specific and favourable geographical posit...
This paper presents the results of 40 years of research on the gully system in the Doły Podmularskie catchment (0.35 km² in size), which is situated in the south-western part of the loess-covered Nałęczów Plateau in SE-Poland. Topographic, stratigraphic and pedologic investigations, and monitoring of a tributary gully (gully area: 0.7 ha, catchment...
The study was focused on the alluvial fans formed in the bottom of the Bystra river valley. A detailed analysis of four fans allowed to distinguish several phases of gully erosion related to human activity. The gullies started to develop in the Neolithis times, the subsequent phases of gully erosion could be dated to: Bronze Age, Middle Ages. In mo...
Wiśniewski T.1, Mroczek P.2, Rodzik J. 2, Zagórski P. 2 Paleopedology of loess-soil sequence at the Magdalenian camp in Klementowice (Nałęczów Plateau, Lublin Upland, E Poland) – selected aspects 1 Institute of Archaeology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland, email: krzem7@o2.pl 2 Earth Sciences Institute, Maria Curie-Skłodowska Univ...
The archaeological site ar Klememowice has been known since the early 8os of rhe 20,hcentury. In 2007, excavations were resumed there and a new, previously unknown concemrarion of artitacts was discovered. New dara from several rhousands of Hinr artifacrs and me firsr discovery of faunal remains indicate a long-rerm and rnulri-season hunring camp....
The article presents the development of a small, midfield form of road, which cuts the side of a loessic valley. The contemporary shape of the surface was determined by GPS measurements (Leica System 500), set together in ArcView and ArcGIS. Changing of its position was determined by a field analysis of the construction of 50 profiles of the Luviso...
The study examines water runoff and geomorphic processes within a permanent gully located in an agricultural catchment of the Lublin Upland, southeast Poland. The studies were conducted in the period 2003 to 2006, during which time the volume and intensity of precipitation were recorded and water runoff and sediment concentration at the outlet of t...
The paper presents the results of research on meiobenthic assemblages in freshwater reservoirs of Central Roztocze, a region with high diversity of environmental conditions. The results are related to the distribution, frequency, relative abundance, density and Bray-Curtis simi-larity of meiobenthic fauna assemblages in different freshwater reservo...
In this paper we report on the results of examination of bottom deposits accumulated during 34 years of functioning of dammed reservoir on the Bystrzyca River near Lublin. Based on the analysis of cores taken with undisturbed structure, the lithology of deposits and the amount of sedimentation were estimated. Based on laboratory analyses, the geoch...
In this paper we report the results of investigations of deposits filling the palaeobasin of Lake Moszne in the Polesie National Park. Sedimentological and palynological analyses of limnic-telmatic deposits were made, and lithology of their mineral substratum was determined. A first attempt was also made at conducting a georadar survey. Lateral and...
The conditions of development of polygenetic shore ice, originating from the cementing of stranded ice with shore naledi, which results from the freezing of swash and splashes as well as precipitation and atmospheric sediments, are described in this paper. Around the coast of southwestern Spitsbergen, as on other high energy shores, the changeable...
Heavy rainfall event of about 100 mm (in 2 hours) was recorded on 4th August 2005 in the middle part of the Lublin Uplands. Return period of rainfall of this size is assessed in the region on 30-50 years. The event covering the area of 300 km2 follows the previous rain of 30-60 mm (3 days earlier) and caused a lot of damages in crops and local road...
The concentration of heavy metals (Cd, Cu, Pb, Zn) has been analyzed in Holocene slope deposits of the loess agricultural area in the Eastern Poland. Five profiles were examined. In general, low concentrations of the examined metals were determined, on average 50% of the samples exceeded the designated regional, geochemical background. The average...
Key catchments of the Roztocze loess area in south-east Poland have a great potential of revealing the history of long-term soil erosion and changes in land use. The knowledge of how and when soil erosion took place in the past helps one understand the impact of land use changes on the landscapes [Bork, H.-R., 1989. Soil erosion during the past Mil...
Late Pleistocene and Holocene evolution of the Durne Bagno peat bog (Lublin Polesie). Prz. Geol., 54: 68–72. S u m m a r y. The Durne Bagno peat bog is the eastern, peripheral part of a large marshland complex in the Lublin Polesie. Limnic biogenic deposits occurring directly on mineral deposits are up to 8.5 m thick. They exhibit great vertical fa...
Geomorphic effects of land use changes (a case of the Gutanów loess catchment, Poland). Geografický časopis, 54, 2002, 1, 5 figs., 3 tabs., 31 refs. The study discusses the influence of land use changes on relief development in a small loess catchment with medium denivelations, located in the Lublin Upland (SE Poland). The denudation rates in the p...
Heavy rainfalls in the Lublin Upland and their effect on relief of loess areas
Ravine erosion is a serious economic problem in Poland, especially in the loess uplands with high relative relief. Kazimierz Dolny, is one of the areas with the highest impendence of ravine erosion in Poland. In this paper it is shown that: with the current cultivation structure it is not possible to limit erosion processes to the level that will n...
