Shallow-water gastropods from Late Oxfordian sands in Kleby (Pomerania, Poland)
GRUNDEL J.1, KAIM A.2,3
1Institut für Geowissenschaften, Freie Universität Berlin, Malteserstraße 74-100, D-12249 Berlin, Germany.
jogruendel@web.de
2Instytut Paleobiologii, Polska Akademia Nauk, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland.
kaim@twarda.pan.pl
3Department of Earth and Planetary Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo 7-3-1, Tokyo 113-8654, Japan
kaim@eps.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp
ABSTRACT: The Upper Oxfordian shell-bearing ferruginous sands from Kleby in Pomerania
(northwestern Poland) provide a rich and relatively well-preserved shallow-water gastropod fauna that has been known in
the literature since the monograph by SCHMIDT (1905). A review of SCHMIDT’s collection and newly collected material
confirms the distinctiveness of the assemblage from contemporaneous faunas in neighbouring areas. We identified 27 species belonging
to 21 genera, with two species not attributed to generic level. Seven species introduced by SCHMIDT(1905) are re-described in detail, with the types
being illustrated. They are: Gerasimovcyclus lorioli (Eucyclidae), Proconulus coelotropis, P. viadrinus (Proconulidae), Pseudomelania laeviuscula (Pseudomelaniidae), Katosira anaroides (Zygopleuridae), Gordenella ommerana (Gordenellidae), and
Sulcoactaeon viadrinus (Bullinidae). We also described three new species: Ataphrus marschmidti (Ataphridae), Shurovites dmochae (Cryptaulacidae), and Ceritellopsis huckriedei (Cylindrobullinidae).
The gastropod fauna from Kleby is dominated by shallow-water species of cerithioids (Exelissa distans, Rhynchocerithium
limaeformeand Shurovites dmochae), the rissoid Rissoa valfini, the eucyclid Eucycloscala cf. augur, and the ataphrid Falsataphrus kljasmiensis.
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Petrophysical control on the mode of shearing in the sedimentary rocks and granitoid core of the Tatra Mountains during Late Cretaceous nappethrusting and folding, Carpathians, Poland
JUREWICZ E.
Laboratory of Tectonics and Geological Mapping, Faculty of Geology, Warsaw University, Al. Zwirki i Wigury 93, PL 02-089 Warsaw, Poland
edyta.jurewicz@uw.edu.pl
ABSTRACT: In the Tatra Mts., the variability of structures within the granitoid rocks and their sedimentary complexes depends on the
physical properties of the rocks, particularly on their porosity and sensibility to dissolution. In the relatively homogeneous
and low porosity granitoid rocks, the shear surfaces are planar and smooth without damage zones around the shear
planes. They did not develop open spaces during shearing, which prevented fluid migration and hydrotectonic phenomena.
In the sedimentary rocks, mechanical, mostly bedding anisotropy controlled the geometry and morphology of the
shear zones. High porosity and recurring changing in pore fluid pressure determined the cyclic character of the thrustrelated
shearing processes. Fluids appearing within the thrust-fault fissure played the key role in tectonic transport and
selective mass-loss processes (hydrotectonic phenomena). The mass-loss process was an effect of mechanical disintegration,
pressure solution and cavitation erosion. The multistage character of the thrusting processes resulted in a gradual
increase in mass loss value and in geometrical complication of the shear zones. Within the Czerwone Wierchy Nappe, the
minimum value of the mass-loss estimated from a restored cross-section is in the range of 15-50%.
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A transitional stringocephalid from the Holy Cross Mountains, Poland, and its evolutionary and stratigraphic significance
HALAMSKI A. T.1, SEGIT T.2
1Polish Academy of Sciences, Institute of Paleobiology, Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland, formerly also Université Claude-Bernard Lyon I, UFR des Sciences de la Terre, UMR PEPS, 43, bd du 11 novembre, 69622 Villeurbanne cedex, France.
ath@twarda.pan.pl [corresponding author]
2Warsaw University, Faculty of Geology, Zwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa, Poland.
tsegit@geo.uw.edu.pl
ABSTRACT: Stringocephalini gen. et sp. indet. A shows microscopic capillae on both valves,
possibly representing a transitional evolutionary stage between smooth-shelled
Stringocephalus and capillate Parastringocephalus. The latter genus seems therefore
to have originated directly from Stringocephalus, and not via Subsinucephalus,
as suggested earlier. The occurrence of Stringocephalini gen. et sp. indet. A
indicates an early Givetian age of beds cropping out at Blonia Sierzawskie near
Swietomarz.
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Middle Miocene (Badenian) gastropods from Korytnica, Poland; Part V Addenda et Corrigenda ad Prosobranchia
BALUK W.
Institute of Geology, University of Warsaw, Al. Zwirki i Wigury 93, Pl-02-089 Warszawa, Poland
ABSTRACT:
This report is the fifth part of the monograph of the rich assemblage of gastropods
occurring in the so-called Pleurotoma
Clays of Middle Miocene (Badenian) age, exposed in the environs of Korytnica
in the Holy Cross Mountains, Central
Poland. Besides 73 species, described earlier, the report contains descriptions
of 52 species omitted from the earlier parts;
of which, 50 were not recorded previously from Korytnica. Five species are established
as new: Cocculina (Dallia) unicasp.nov., Turritella (Peyrotia) circumcisa sp.nov., Caecum
korytnicense sp.nov.,
Morula valdemari sp.nov., and Ocinebrina
recognita sp.nov. A new name, Megalomphalus palazzii nom.nov. is proposed for
Narica depressa BOETTGER, 1907
[=Megalomphalus depressus (BOETTGER, 1907)], which is a homonym of Megalomphalus
depressus (SEGUENZA, 1876).
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Impact of Inactive Hard-Coal Mines Processes in Silesian Coal Basin on Greenhouse Gases Pollution
NAGY S., RYCHLICKI S., SIEMEK J.1
AGH University of Science and Technology, Drilling and Oil-gas Faculty, Al. Mickiewicza 30, PL-30-059 Krakow, Poland.
1siemek@agh.edu.pl
ABSTRACT: The paper describes air pollution problems in Poland, especially in the urban areas with high levels of SOx, NOx particulates
and carbon dioxide. Particularly very high is concentration of sulfur dioxide and particulates. Emission rates percapita
and per unit of GDP have been several times that of neighboring western countries, although the levels have been
somewhat decreasing. Pollution is concentrated in the area of Silesian Coal Basin, which, for example, produced 23 %
of Poland's total SO2 emissions in 1992, though it occupies only 2% of the country's area. Contribution of abandoned
hard-coal mines processes in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) to greenhouse gases pollution is discussed and a
prognosis of future air pollution presented. During the last decades considerable improvements have been achieved in
reducing air pollution in the country's industrial areas, usually as a result of the Government's efforts through legislative,
regulatory and economic means. Also, monitoring of air quality has greatly improved during recent years. According to
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) states report, between 1985 and 2004, the CO2
emissions decreased in Poland by more than 30%, SO2 by 40%, NOx by 30% and particulate matter (PM) by 44%.
Potential future improvements in air cleaning with technology transfer and carbon dioxide sequestration is also discussed.
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