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Colluvial deposits in loess gullies of southwestern Poland as an indicator of palaeoenvironmental changes and human impact Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Kamila Ryzner, Piotr Owczarek, Grzegorz Poręba, Piotr Moska, Zdzisław Jary
Assessing the interactions between natural environmental change and land degradation due to human impact is crucial for palaeoenvironmental analysis in loess areas. However, the reconstruction of relief evolution in loess regions of SW Poland in relation to human impact of the first agrarian cultures, is not well understood by comparison with other loess areas in Poland. Therefore, our study aims
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Prehistoric human influence on soil dynamics and slope transformation on the Subcarpathian Loess Plateau, southeastern Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Piotr Gębica
This study examines the impact of prehistoric human activities on the landscape of the Subcarpathian Loess Plateau, focusing on areas such as the Kańczuga Plateau in southeastern Poland. Through a multidisciplinary approach that integrates archaeological excavation, soil profile analysis, and geomorphological survey techniques, environmental changes are traced from the Neolithic through the early Middle
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Inside and outside a burial mound: when, how and in what environment were the kurgans built by Late Neolithic communities on the Subcarpathian loess plateau (SE Poland)? Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Maria Łanczont, Jolanta Nogaj-Chachaj, Bogdan Żogała, Maryna Komar
The unique, well-preserved kurgan complex near Cieszacin Wielki (SE Poland) is a specific type of archaeological site with its own landscape form. This complex of prehistoric earth burial mounds, located on a wide, flat watershed hilltop with NW–SE orientation, belongs to a chain of similar forms found in the loess foreland of the Carpathians. The kurgans were probably built by Late Neolithic communities
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Late Pleistocene malacofauna of (MIS-2–MIS-4) loess-palaeosol sequence in Zalesie near Przemyśl (southern Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Witold Paweł Alexandrowicz, Maria Grażyna Łanczont
Lithological and malacological analysis was carried out at the loess site in Zalesie near Przemyśl. The profile exposed here comprises a loess-palaeosol sequence L-1 and is correlated with the Pleniglacial (MIS-2–MIS-4) of the Weichselian glaciation. Three loess layers separated by interstadial palaeosols are recognised here. Within the two younger parts of the cover, corresponding to the younger middle
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Geomorphometric features and distribution of the loess covers in the Lublin Region Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Leszek Gawrysiak, Renata Kołodyńska-Gawrysiak
The study presents a new, accurate map of the distribution of loess patches in eastern Poland, developed on the basis of publications, geological maps and a high-resolution (1 m) digital terrain model (DTM). Seventy-two lobes were mapped, for the surfaces of which basic morphometric characteristics (mean height, local relief, slope, slope range) were calculated based on the DTM. The morphology of the
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Nano-scale analysis of polymineralic surface coatings on aeolian quartz grains with palaeoenvironmental implications Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Piotr Kenis, Jacek Skurzyński, Sandeep Gorantla
The combined application of SEM/FIB cross-section lamella preparation and S/TEM characterization of individual aeolian quartz silt grains revealed two types of polymineralic coating (composed of Fe oxides/hydroxides, Al-silicates, together with relatively coarse incorporated crystals such as anhedral potassium feldspar and idiomorphic hematite) on the quartz grain, which differ in their internal structure
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The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility as a method to study Quaternary deposits: theory and applications Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Artur Teodorski
The anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility is used as a geophysical method, based on the non-uniform magnetic properties of rocks, within which it exploits the individual types of minerals, their quantity, and distribution in the rocks. The anisotropy of minerals may be a result of their crystalline structure or the shape of mineral grains. If the anisotropy is connected to the shape of the minerals
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Magnetostratigraphy of the Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequences in Ukraine and Moldova: a historical overview and recent developments Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Volodymyr Bakhmutov, Dmytro Hlavatskyi, Ievgen Poliachenko
The loess-palaeosol sequences of Ukraine and Moldova contain one of the longest and most complete terrestrial records of Pleistocene climate change in Europe. Magnetostratigraphic studies provide a first-order chronological framework for loess sequences. The literature on loess magnetostratigraphy by Ukrainian authors from the 1960s to present is vast; however, it is rather inaccessible to international
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First evidence of seismically-induced deformations in fluvial deposits of the Lower Rotliegend in the Intra-Sudetic Basin, SW Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Izabela Ploch, A.J. (Tom) Van Loon, Marek Awdankiewicz, Sebastian Voigt, Paweł Raczyński
The Lower Rotliegend in the Intra-Sudetic Basin, situated at the northern margin of the Bohemian Massif, is represented in the Polish part of the basin by the Krajanów and Słupiec formations. Both formations consist of fluvial and lacustrine deposits. The sedimentary processes during the deposition of the Słupiec Formation were influenced by volcanic activity that resulted in subvolcanic intrusions
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Depositional system of an anastomosing river with low organic content: an example from the Oława Valley, SW Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Krzysztof Jan Wójcicki
Large amounts of organic matter (OM) deposited in a cohesive floodplain are considered a typical feature of a low-energy anastomosing river in a humid climate. Studies in the Oława Valley (Silesian Lowland) were designed to determine the forms of occurrence and the conditions of deposition of OM in relation to the main sedimentary sub-environments. The results show that the proportion of OM in the
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Colours of the upper Neogene “Poznań Clays” in the light of sedimentological, mineralogical and nuclear methods Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Jakub Klęsk, Artur Błachowski, Łukasz Kruszewski, Danuta Michalska, Małgorzata Mrozek-Wysocka, Marek Widera
The Miocene–Pliocene overbank facies “Poznań Clays” are particularly well exposed in large lignite outcrops in central Poland, for example, in the Jóźwin IIB opencast mine. During their accumulation the climate fluctuated from moderately warm and humid to cool and dry. In general, the dark grey and the greyish-violet colours come from macroscopically visible organic matter and the absence of hematite
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Unraveling Mediaeval human traces in fluvial deposits of the Dyje River near the Pohansko stronghold (Czech Republic) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Slavomír Nehyba, Katarína Adameková, Nela Doláková, Petr Dresler, Jan Petřík, Michaela Přišťáková
Sedimentological, archaeological, geochemical and pollen analyses combined with numerical dating were employed to examine the fluvial deposits of the Dyje River within the immediate vicinity of the Pohansko stronghold (Moravia, Czech Republic). This comprehensive approach facilitated the reconstruction of the chronology and nature of the processes in both the Dyje River catchment and its floodplain
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Late Silurian–Early Devonian tuffites from the Małopolska and Łysogóry blocks reflect arc-back-arc magmatic activity on the southern margin of Laurussia Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Emil Wójcik
Zircon U-Pb dating of tuffites within the upper Silurian greywackes in the southern part of the Holy Cross Fold Belt gives a result of 419.91 ±1.7 Ma, which indicates they are of Přídolí age. Geochemical studies of Přídolí tuffites from the Małopolska Block, an Emsian tuffite from the Łysogóry Block in the Holy Cross Fold Belt and a Přídolí tuffite from the Bardo Unit in the Central Sudetes indicate
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New data on the Sciuridae (Rodentia) from the Villafranchian site of Węże 2 in southern Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Michał Czernielewski
In addition to specimens attributable to Pliopetaurista dehneli (Pteromyini), already described by Sulimski (1964), the fossil tooth material collected at the Upper Pliocene (MN 16b) site of Węże 2 in southern Poland comprises specimens assignable to other representatives of the Sciuridae. These include Tamias orlovi (Marmotini), Blackia miocaenica (Pteromyini) and Sciurus warthae (Sciurini). All these
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The genesis of base and precious metals-bearing epithermal veins in the Gharehchay-Kurmolla area, south of Tikmehdash, NW Iran Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Zahra Hassani Soughi, Ali Asghar Calagari, Ghahraman Sohrabi
The Gharehchay-Kurmolla (Gh-Ku) base and precious metals occurrence is located in ~2 km south of Tikmehdash, 75 km south-east of Tabriz, and is a part of Bostanabad-Miyaneh gold-bearing district in the West Alborz-Azarbaidjan structural zone. Mineralization in the study area occurs in quartz veins and veinlets hosted by the Eocene volcanic-pyroclastic units as well as granite. Recognizable alteration
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PAHs and organophosphorus substances in burnt landfill material as a potential source of water and soil pollution Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2024-03-14 Wojciech Rykała, Monika Fabiańska, Dominika Dąbrowska, Vahid Nourani
Illegal landfills pose a potential threat to the aquatic environment due, in part, to the unprotected subsoil beneath them. We describe the toxicity of soil samples and incinerated solid waste from two illegal landfills in Poland, and discuss the potential negative impact on groundwater. Fifty samples were taken, including 32 from an illegal landfill in Trzebinia (southern Poland), and analysed by
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Contamination and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in soils of different kinds of land use in Lithuania Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Vaidotas Valskys, Gytautas Ignatavičius, Stanisław Wołkowicz, Jonas Satkūnas, Howlader Rahidul Hassan
Using the case of five different kinds of land use from different territories of Lithuania, this study assesses the level of contamination and human health risk assessment of arsenic (As), and heavy metals (HMs) such as cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), zinc (Zn) and chromium (Cr) in the surface soil of the study areas. Geo-accumulation index (Igeo) analysis indicated that heavy Cd contamination occurred
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Record of Late Neogene seismites in turbidite deposits of the Tafna Basin (NW Algeria) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Mostapha Benzina, Małgorzata Pisarska-Jamroży, Hakim Hebib
The wide variety of soft-sediment deformation structures (SSDS) developed within deposits of the same age may hinder the interpretation of their origin. Some types of SSDS may appear similar though have different trigger mechanisms, while others may result from a specific mechanism. Furthermore, the development of particular SSDS may be influenced by several synchronous or semi-synchronous factors
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Does the multi-proxy Eemian record from the Słup site (central Poland) indicate a more humid climate at the beginning of the hornbeam phase? Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Kamil Kultys, Dorota Brzozowicz, Danuta Drzymulska, Marcin Szymanek, Joanna Mirosław-Grabowska, Irena Agnieszka Pidek, Marcin Żarski
A new site of Eemian organogenic deposits in S3up (central Poland) has revealed an intermittent record of several phases within this interglacial. Pollen based studies of the core S3-19, drilled at the littoral zone of the palaeolake, indicated the absence of the E2, E3, E6 and an incomplete record of the E4 and E5 zones of the typical pollen succession. Results of other proxies (plant macrofossils
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Late Devonian–Early Carboniferous foraminifera of the Upper Silesian Block (Kraków Region, southern Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Stanisław Michał Szczurek
Forty foraminifera taxa belonging to the class Fusulinata are described from Upper Devonian to Lower Carboniferous carbonates of the Dębnik anticline (Upper Silesian Block, southern Poland). Twenty-three species of foraminifera within the subclasses Afusulinana and Fusulinana have been recognized in thin sections. They belong to the three orders: Archaediscida, Endothyrida and Fusulinida. The order
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Mineralogy and geochemistry of Cu-Ni±Co±Ag±Bi polymetallic ores from the Hintermühlergang vein in the Chełmiec deposit, Sudetes Mountains, Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Kacper Muszyński, Jaroslav Pršek, Sławomir Mederski, Aneta Drzymała
Chełmiec is a hydrothermal vein-type carbonate-sulphide deposit in the Kaczawa Mountains, where polymetallic Cu-Ni±Co±Ag±Bi mineralization occurs. Samples, collected from an old dump of the Hintermühlergang vein, were studied by reflected light microscopy and electron microprobe. Two mineral parageneses, Ni-Co±Bi and Cu-Zn-Pb±Sb±Ag, associated with two stages of precipitation, were discovered in samples
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Development of a non-perennial to ephemeral fluvial system in continental fault-bounded basin – an example from the early Permian Krajanów Formation of the Intra-Sudetic Basin (NE Bohemian Massif) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Aleksander Kowalski, Magdalena Furca
Non-perennial to ephemeral fluvial systems dominated by seasonal discharge fluctuations and episodic rapid flood-flow events are typical of arid to semi-arid climatic conditions. Dryland fluvial systems have been described from many ancient and modern, predominantly tectonically-controlled sedimentary basins across the globe. This study provides detailed sedimentological analysis and palaeoenvironmental
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Biostratigraphy, microfacies, and reservoir quality of the Oligocene Qom Formation (Kharzan Section, north-west of Ardestan, central Iran) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Asma Aftabi Arani, Ali Reza Ashouri, Jahanbakhsh Daneshian, Abbas Ghaderi, David A. Wood
The central Iran Basin is a region with unique environmental characteristics in which the Late Paleogene–Early Neogene benthic foraminifera display distinctive distributions and abundances that can assist in identifying the intervals with the best reservoir potential. Lipidocyclinid and miogypsinid zonal marker taxa in this region can be correlated with those in the SBZ23 region (European Basin), indicating
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High-resolution record of Late Saalian and Eemian palaeoenvironments: the case study of Struga and Parysów (central Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Aleksandra Bober, Danuta Drzymulska, Renata Stachowicz-Rybka, Magdalena Kończak, Marcin Żarski
Eemian organogenic deposits, analysed at the Struga and Parysów sites (Garwolin Plain, central Poland), reveal the vegetation history. Palynological analysis supported by plant macrofossil analysis revealed a pollen succession encompassing seven regional pollen assemblages zones, E1-E7 RPAZ, within which indicator taxa for various climate characteristics (mainly temperature and humidity, including
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The importance of transboundary aquifer management between Poland and Ukraine for the protection of common water Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Tatiana Solovey, Rafał Janica, Vasyl Harasymchuk, Małgorzata Przychodzka, Halyna Medvid, Liubov Yanush
Transboundary hydrogeological units between Poland and Ukraine within the Bug and San River basins are identified, based on harmonized geological and hydrogeological data used for development of a numerical simulation of groundwater flows across the state border. This numerical model shows that the cross-border exchange of groundwater in aquifers takes place in a limited area and the flow pattern can
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Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) migration in groundwater of the Zechstein strata in the Legnica-Głogów Copper Basin and its vicinity, SW Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Robert Duda, Elżbieta Bilkiewicz, Roman Becker
Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) occurs in groundwater in various lithostratigraphic units of the Zechstein Basin in the Legnica-Głogów Copper Basin (SW Poland). This region is located in the Fore-Sudetic Monocline within which, several tens of kilometres NE of the study area, at greater depths, natural gas fields with hydrogen sulphide (H2S) occur. The Main Dolomite (Ca2), in which H2S-containing natural
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Economic assessment of the Northern Copper Belt deposits – a future resource base of copper and silver ores in SW Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Tomasz Bieńko, Jan Wierchowiec, Stanisław Speczik
Seven undeveloped sediment-hosted stratiform Cu-Ag deposits constitute a future resource base of copper and silver ores in the Fore-Sudetic Monocline in SW Poland. Among these, four have only recently been discovered and documented: Nowa Sól, Sulmierzyce North, Mozów (forming a part of the Northern Copper Belt) and Żary. The three remaining deposits – Bytom Odrzański, Głogów and Retków – surround the
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Element transfer at the soil-plant interface and accumulation strategies of vegetation overgrowing mining waste dumps in the Upper Silesia area (Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Łukasz Kruszewski, Monika Kisiel, Marta Wojewódka-Przybył, Jacek Stienss
We describe new data constraining patterns of interaction of soils and vegetation in post-coal-mining and post-smelting waste heaps of Upper Silesia. Mosses show the highest levels of many elements. We use 3 standard bioconcentration indices to show directions of transfer of both trace and major elements (53 in soils, 37 in plants) in particular plant organs. Solanum nigrum around organic- and S-rich
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Extent of the Odranian Glaciation in the Silesian-Kraków Upland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-11-27 Małgorzata Nita, Jerzy Nita, Viacheslav Andreychouk, Urszula Myga-Piątek
The scarcity of Scandinavian rock fragments in glaciogenic deposits and lack of well-preserved glacial accumulation forms make it difficult to determine the maximum extent of the Odranian ice sheet in the area of the Częstochowa Upland, the Woźniki-Wieluń Upland and the Silesian Upland. While the glaciogenic deposits only contain a small admixture of Scandinavian rocks, they have been enriched with
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Earliest cereal cultivation in Egypt recorded in the Faiyum Oasis lake deposits and its palaeoclimatic context Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Fabian Welc, Leszek Marks, Krystyna Milecka
We determine the beginning of the Neolithic farming in northern Egypt, based on analysis of core FA-1 of lake deposits in the Faiyum Oasis in northern Egypt. Regular lamination of the early Middle Holocene lake deposits, supported by radiocarbon dating and pollen analysis, indicates the earliest occurrence of domesticated cereals at ~7.8 cal ka BP in this region. The appearance of cereals in the Faiyum
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Hydrocarbon generation modelling in the Permian and Triassic strata of the Polish Basin: implications for hydrocarbon potential assessment Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Dariusz Botor
Hydrocarbon generation in the Zechstein Main Dolomite and Upper Triassic potential source rocks of the Polish Basin was investigated by 1-D thermal maturity modelling in 90 boreholes across the basin. This identified major zones potentially worthy of further exploration efforts. The maximum burial depth of the Zechstein Main Dolomite and Upper Triassic reached >5 km during the Late Cretaceous leading
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The influence of tectonic setting on groundwater chemical composition in the Peshkopi gypsum karst area, Korab Mountains, Eastern Albania Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Romeo Eftimi, Viacheslav Andreychouk, Tomasz Niedoba, Jacek Różkowski
The diversity of groundwater chemistry in the Peshkopi gypsum karst area may be related to its setting within the tectonically active Korab Massif (Albania), as shown by field tests of temperature, pH, Eh and EC, and sampling of the waters for chemical analysis (both major and trace components) from cool brackish springs and mineralized thermal springs. The relationship between the chemical composition
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The Upper Cretaceous variegated shales in the Ropianka Formation of the Magura Nappe (Outer Carpathians) – age and lithostratigraphic position Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Anna Waśkowska, Mateusz Szczęch
The lithological characteristics and age analysis of the variegated Farony Shale are presented for the first time. The Farony Shale occurs in the Lubomierz and Rabka areas in the Bystrica Subunit. It is located within medium- and thin-bedded sandy dominated turbidites of the Campanian–Paleocene Ropianka Formation. It is comprised of red shales laminated or interlayered with strongly bioturbated green
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REE-bearing minerals in sediment-hosted stratiform pyrite mineralization zones of the Wiśniówka area (Holy Cross Mts., Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Zdzisław M. Migaszewski, Agnieszka Gałuszka, Grzegorz Zielińśki
There are two arsenical pyrite (As-FeS2) mineralization zones cropping out in the Podwiśniówka and Wiśniówka Duża quarries where quartzites and quartzitic sandstones have been extracted for over a century. A large amount of pyrite in the Wiśniówka siliciclastics is unusual in the hard rock mining throughout the world. The pyritiferous beds contain a variety of REE-bearing minerals, including a crandallite
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Sedimentology and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of the late Pleistocene deposits along the Bizerte Coast, N-E Tunisia Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Wided Sahli, Saadi Jalila, Kamel Regaya
The N–E Tunisian coast (Bizerte region) shows several Quaternary sedimentary archives of middle to late Pleistocene age. Sedimentological analyses carried out (grain size, morphoscopy, exoscopy, petrography, mineralogy, and fossil content) on 12 sections reveal a succession that begins with infratidal deposits attributed to the last Interglacial period, followed by intertidal, continental (palaeosol)
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Palaeobiogeography, palaeoecology, and sequence stratigraphy of the Upper Jurassic carbonate succession of the Lar Formation, central Alborz Zone, Iran Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Zahra Saleh, Daniela Reháková
Foraminifera, ammonites, and calcareous dinoflagellates were used for stratigraphy and, together with microfacies, for the assessment of the palaeoenvironmental conditions of the Upper Jurassic deposits in the central Alborz Zone of northern Iran. The Lar Formation (Lar Fm.) in the Polur section is of latest Oxfordian to early Kimmeridgian age. The ammonite Subnebrodites planula and the calcareous
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Provenance and tectonic setting of the Middle Eocene lower Akhoreh Formation, Nain area, Central Iran, assessed using petrography and geochemistry Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Mohammad Ali Salehi, Mohammed Mallah, Mahdi Jafarzadeh
The Middle Eocene Akhoreh Formation is superbly exposed in the western corner of the Central-East Iranian Microcontinent (CEIM). This formation covered the northeastern flank of the Cretaceous Nain Ophiolite Mélange (NOM) and is adjacent to the Paleogene Urmieh–Dokhtar Magmatic Arc (UDMA) formed in the southwest of the CEIM. This terrigenous succession is composed of a thin basal conglomerate followed
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First record of tempestites from Quaternary lacustrine deposits in the Ağrı Basin (Eastern Anatolia, Türkiye): palaeoclimatological and palaeogeographic implications Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Serkan Üner
Several event layers have been identified in lacustrine deposits in the AErI Basin of Anatolia (E Türkiye). Sedimentological and palaeontological data newly indicate a storm-induced origin for some of them. The sedimentary structures in three sections, a few tens of metres apart from each other laterally, such as hummocky cross-stratification, wave-generated cross-bedding, parallel bedding, erosional
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Chemical and mineralogical characteristics and origin of placer gold from fluvial deposits of Żeliszowski Creek (North Sudetic Basin, SW Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Marcin Łukasz Kania
Chemical and mineralogical analyses of individual detrital gold grains collected from recent channel-fill deposits of Żeliszowski Creek, located between the towns of Lwówek Śląski and Bolesławiec, were made, together with determination of the Au-bearing mineral assemblages and indication of probable source areas. The analysed gold grains have admixtures of silver, mercury and copper. Numerous inclusions
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Corkscrew-like horizontal trace fossils with a focus on a new ichnospecies of Helicodromites from the Oligocene Molare Formation of NW Italy Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-08-02 Alfred Uchman, Bruno Rattazzi
Horizontal helical trace fossils constitute a characteristic burrow architectural design, but their ichnotaxonomy requires some clarification. In this paper, we review and revise this taxonomy on the basis of collections and data from the literature. Helicorhaphe is included in Helicodromites because its type ichnospecies displays the same morphological principles. A new ichnospecies of Helicodromites
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The northern fault of the onshore-offshore Monte Giove relief in the southern Adriatic Sea, Italy: implications for tectonic reactivation in the Apulian Foreland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Marianna Cicala, Francesco De Giosa, Vincenzo Festa, Stefania Nunzia Lisco, Massimo Moretti
We provide improved constraints on the timing, geometry and kinematics of the fault that may control the northern submerged morpho-structural relief termed Monte Giove, offshore from the town of Polignano a Mare. We have integrated onshore and offshore data, and interpreted seismic profiles from the ViDEPI project pertaining to the offshore Adriatic Sea of the Murge area, and made field observations
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Mineralogy and in situ S and Pb isotope characteristics of ore minerals from polymetallic mineralization in the Gierczyn-Przecznica area, SW Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Krzysztof Foltyn, Gabriela Anna Kozub-Budzyń, Yann Lahaye, Adam Piestrzyński, Paulina Skirak, Władysław Zygo, Jadwiga Pieczonka
Chlorite-mica-quartz schist in the Gierczyn-Przecznica area in SW Poland contains polymetallic ores which were the source of tin and cobalt in the past. This mineralogical study revealed the presence of silver-bearing minerals including members of the tetrahedrite (Ag <3 apfu) and freibergite series (3 < Ag < 8 apfu), galena (0.26–1.48 wt.% Ag), and a phase with the chemical composition of Te-rich
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Neoproterozoic ophiolite exotic blocks in the Outer Western Carpathians, southern Poland: a record of the fast ocean-floor cooling and alterations Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Aleksandra Gawęda, Krzysztof Szopa, Anna Waśkowska, Jan Golonka, Tomasz Krzykawski, Tatiana Kalinichenko
Ophiolitic blocks, represented by metagabbro and serpentinite containing relict pyroxene, olivine, baddeleyite, zirconolite, Ni-pyrite and pyrrhotite, were found as exotic blocks in an olistostrome in the Magura Nappe, Outer Western Carpathians. The geochemical and isotopic features of the blocks suggest they represent mantle-derived rocks, with within-plate geochemistry signatures, modified by subduction
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Variation of coal quantity accumulated in the Mississippian to Pennsylvanian coal seams (Upper Silesia and Lublin Coal basins, Poland): a reflection of changes in climate and CO2 availability Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Marek Nieć, Edyta Sermet, Ewa Salamon
Many coal seams of varied thickness and aerial extent occur in the Upper Silesia and Lublin basins within Mississippian and Pennsylvanian coal-bearing deposits. Well-documented data on coal quantity in the seams identified allows visualization of their variation within the stratigraphic succession and analysis of the time-dependent coal accumulation process. Some characteristic features of this variation
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Unique trace element geochemistry of pyrometamorphic apatite-supergroup minerals: a case study of fluorellestadite from burnt coal (Poland) and shale (France) post-mining waste heaps, with emphasis on boron, germanium, aluminium and titanium Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Łukasz Seweryn Kruszewski, Jiří Sláma, Ewa Deput
Apatite-type structure is known for its flexibility towards accommodating numerous ions of different crystallographic affinities. Two samples of fluorellestadite from two pyrometamorphic rocks (slags) from burned waste heaps (BWH) from France (LdS) and Poland (RDT) were studied in terms of their trace element composition using Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry. Boron shows
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Geochemical characteristics of spherules from the Pivdenna kimberlite pipe, East Azov region (Ukraine): implications for their sources and origin Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Ivan Yatsenko, Andriy Poberezhskyy, Oksana Stupka, Serhii Bekesha
The composition of spherules and particles of native metals from the Pivdenna kimberlite pipe, Ukraine, was studied using the SEM/EDS method. Three varieties of spherules have been distinguished: titanium-manganese-iron-silicate (TMIS) spherules, Ca-rich silicate spherules, and magnetite-wustite-iron (MW-I) spherules. TMIS spherules are composed of homogeneous glass, some having a native iron core
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Early Paleozoic Cenerian (Sardic) geodynamic relationships of peripheral eastern north Gondwana affinities: revisiting the Ordovician of the Getic/Kučaj nappe (eastern Serbia) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Darko Spahić, Pavle Tančić, Dejan Barjaktarović
Regional tectonic synthesis suggests that a segment of the bipartite eastern Gondwana-type Carpathian-Balkan nappe-stacked Getic/Kučaj/Supragetic basement (eastern Serbia) experienced Cambro-Ordovician Cenerian (Sardic) accretionary-type deformation. The Ordovician basement of the Alpine Getic/Kučaj nappe exposes an earlier-mapped shallow-marine transgressive-type Fe-silicate-rich ironstone sequence
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Clasts derived from rhizocretions in shallow-marine Miocene clastic deposits of northern Hungary: an example of zombie structures Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Alfred Uchman, Árpád Dávid, Rozália Fodor
Disc- and cylindrical-shaped clasts of fine-grained calcareous and ferruginous rock, each with a central tunnel, occur in shallow marine brackish Miocene sandy deposits of the Egyházasgerge Formation in Hungary. Previously, these have been interpreted as enigmatic biogenic (?) structures. After field and laboratory examination and comparisons with sub-recent rhizoclasts in subsoils developed on Quaternary
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New 14C data of megafaunal remains from Lithuania – implications for the palaeoenvironmental interpretation of the Middle Weichselian Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Jonas Satkūnas, Algirdas Girininkas, Tomas Rimkus, Linas Daugnora, Alma Grigienė, Miglė Stančikaitė, Gvidas Slah, Žana Skuratovič, Domas Uogintas, Vladas Žulkus
Palaeobiological data, supplemented by new 14C dates in conjunction with palaeobotanical and lithological information, have allowed reconstruction of Middle Weichselian (MIS 3) environmental fluctuations in the southern Eastern Baltic region. Palaeoenvironmental reconstructions implying non-glacial conditions during the Middle Weichselian (MIS 3) are supported by the spatial and temporal context of
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Insights into the palaeoenvironments, structure and stratigraphy of the lower Miocene of the Eastern Carpathians Bend Zone, Romania Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Răzvan-Ionuț Bercea, Ramona Bălc, Alexandra Tămaș, Sorin Filipescu, Dan Mircea Tămaș, Marcel Guillong, Szabolcs Flavius Szekely, Réka Lukács
The ages of several Oligocene to Miocene sedimentary formations from the Eastern Carpathians Bend Zone are poorly constrained due to palaeoenvironmental factors, reworking of fossils, structural complexity and limited exposure. To help overcome these issues, this study integrates calcareous nannoplankton and foraminifera biostratigraphy with isotopic age dating (U-Pb) of volcaniclastic zircons, and
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Changes in habitat conditions in a Late Glacial fluviogenic lake in response to climatic fluctuations (Warta River valley, central Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-04-17 Jacek Forysiak, Daniel Okupny, Milena Obremska, Olga Antczak-Orlewska, Mateusz Płóciennik, Dominik Pawłowski, Daria Baradyn, Bartosz Kotrys, Tomi P. Luoto, Liisa Nevalainen, Ryszard K. Borówka
The Warta River valley was greatly influenced by the ice sheet of the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). A small peatland located in the Warta drainage system is here used as a palaeoarchive of climatic and habitat changes during the Late Glacial (Weichselian). The Ługi sediment profile was investigated using multi-proxy (pollen, Chironomidae, Cladocera and geochemistry) analyses that recorded changes in
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Record of earthquake phenomena in a Lower–Middle Triassic sedimentary basin (North Sudetic Synclinorium, Lower Silesia, SW Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2023-01-04 Karol Durkowski
Deposits of the Röt Formation (Lower–Middle Triassic) in the eastern part of the North-Sudetic Synclinorium (Bolesławiec Syncline), SW Poland, include numerous synsedimentary deformation structures. Six boreholes with a total core length of ~434 m enabled macroscopic analysis and description of these deformation structures, supplemented by borehole log interpretation, calcimetric analysis, and interpretation
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High-energy, microtidal nearshore deposits and their provenance (Lower Miocene, Burdigalian/Eggenburgian, Alpine-Carpathian Foredeep, Lower Austria) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Slavomír Nehyba, Reinhard Roetzel
During the Early Miocene (Early Burdigalian/Eggenburgian) marine transgression at the southeastern margin of the Bohemian Massif, gradual flooding occurred along a rocky coast on granitic bedrock of the Thaya Batholith under high-energy, wave-dominated, microtidal and mixed fair-weather and storm conditions. Deposits of the Burgschleinitz Formation overlie a basal unconformity above a subaerial weathered
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Environmental changes during the MIS 6a–MIS 5e transition: the Parchliny 2016 profile, central Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Aleksandra Majecka, Lucyna Wachecka-Kotkowska, Dariusz Krzyszkowski, Małgorzata Malkiewicz, Joanna Mirosław-Grabowska, Monika Niska, Monika Rzodkiewicz, Elżbieta Myśkow, Klara Tomaszewska, Dariusz Wieczorek, Jerzy Raczyk
We describe the penultimate glacial – last interglacial transition from the one of the numerous palaeolake successions in central Poland, which have yielded many documented Eemian and Early Weichselian floral records. In the new profile, Parchliny 2016, the lacustrine deposits were analysed lithologically, botanically, zoologically, and geochemically, providing new data that illustrate the environmental
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Petrographic, palynological and geochemical recognition of dispersed organic matter in the black Anthracosia Shales (Sudetes, south-west Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Grzegorz J. Nowak, Anna Górecka-Nowak, Przemysław Paweł Karcz
We describe the organic petrography, palynology and Rock-Eval pyrolysis values of lacustrine black shales termed the Anthracosia Shales (Upper Carboniferous/Lower Permian) in the Intrasudetic Basin (Sudetes, SW Poland). Samples were taken from cores of two boreholes: Rybnica Leśna PIG 1 and Ścinawka Średnia PIG 1. Maceral composition, miospore assemblage composition, palynofacies and geochemical characteristics
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Palynoflora and palaeoenvironment of the early Miocene palaeolake from the Bełchatów mine, central Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Elżbieta Worobiec, Grzegorz Worobiec
The Bełchatów lignite deposits are a rich archive allowing palaeoenvironmental, palaeoecological and palaeoclimatic reconstructions from the Neogene and Quaternary periods. We describe the results of palynological studies (including non-pollen palynomorphs) of eight samples from the lower Miocene KRAM-P 211/214 collection of plant macroremains. The results of this palynological analysis are consistent
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Deterministic versus stochastic modelling of unsaturated flow in a sandy field soil based on dual tracer breakthrough data Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Gunnar Nützmann, Stanisław Maciejewski, Wioletta Gorczewska-Langner
The 216 km2 Neuenhagen Millcreeck catchment can be characterized as a drought-sensitive landscape in NE Germany. It is therefore of fundamental human interest to understand how water that fell as precipitation moves through the unsaturated soils and recharges groundwater. Additionally, a better knowledge of nutrient transport from soil to groundwater is important, especially in landscapes with light
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Environmental differentiation reflected in the vertebrate fauna diversity in the Lower Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Olga Wilk, Piotr Szrek, Michał Ginter
The Lower Devonian of the Holy Cross Mountains is well-known in the field of vertebrate palaeontology but remains unrecognized as regards palaeoenvironmental reconstructions. We therefore analysed the spatial distribution and relative abundance of fossil vertebrates in this area within one time interval. The fauna from an Early Devonian (Emsian) siliciclastic bone-bearing breccia (the “Placoderm Sandstone”)
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Reconstruction of the sedimentary environment of phytogenic deposits in the Tomisławice opencast mine (Konin Region, central Poland) Geol. Q. (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-12-30 Barbara Słodkowska, Marek Widera
Palynological analysis of the Tomis³awice opencast mine deposits has allowed reconstruction of the plant communities and investigation of the evolution of sedimentary environments at various stages of lignite-forming marsh development, recorded in the composition of pollen assemblages from deposits of the 1st Mid-Polish lignite seam (MPLS-1). Rich pollen communities from an ~9 m thick section has enabled