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Pollution indices are used to assess the influence of the bedrock as a natural source of heavy-metal (HM), and anthropogenic pollution from ore mining in soils developed from ore-bearing carbonates. The research was conducted in two areas differing in geological setting and type of land use in the Upper Silesia Industrial Region, Southern Poland. Physical properties such as pH, total sulfur, total carbon and total organic carbon values, as well as total Zn, Pb, and Cd contents (ICP-OES) for 39 topsoil samples were measured. Contamination factor (Cf), degree of contamination (Cdeg), pollution load index (PLI) and geoaccumulation index (Igeo), were used to determine the deterioration of topsoil due to HM pollution. The HM content exceeded geochemical background levels by 2.5–42.4 times. Very high to moderate topsoil contamination was determined. In a shallow historical mining zone, the relative influence of particular HM was found to be in the order of Pb > Cd > Zn and, in a deep mining zone, Zn > Cd > Pb. In the topsoil developed over shallow ore bodies, the HM content was mainly (60%) due to naturally occurring HM. In the area of deeply buried ore bodies, 90% of the HM load was related to anthropogenic sources. Zn, Pb and Cd vertical distributions and the patterns of topsoil pollution differ in terms of types of mined ores, mining methods and times elapsed since mining ceased. Pollution indices are an efficient tool for distinguishing soil anthropogenic pollution and geogenic contamination.
Katarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Tomasz Czech; Tomasz Hulok; Michał Olszak; Jan Zogala. Quality of Peri-Urban Soil Developed from Ore-Bearing Carbonates: Heavy Metal Levels and Source Apportionment Assessed Using Pollution Indices. Minerals 2020, 10, 1140 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska, Leslaw Teper, Tomasz Czech, Tomasz Hulok, Michał Olszak, Jan Zogala. Quality of Peri-Urban Soil Developed from Ore-Bearing Carbonates: Heavy Metal Levels and Source Apportionment Assessed Using Pollution Indices. Minerals. 2020; 10 (12):1140.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Tomasz Czech; Tomasz Hulok; Michał Olszak; Jan Zogala. 2020. "Quality of Peri-Urban Soil Developed from Ore-Bearing Carbonates: Heavy Metal Levels and Source Apportionment Assessed Using Pollution Indices." Minerals 10, no. 12: 1140.
Mining tremor mechanisms and principal stress directions were analysed in order to compare characteristics of seismic events and stress regimes with tectonic settings in the Bytom Syncline, located in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. The results of seismic moment tensor inversion calculated for 41 events with magnitudes > M2.0 were used to trace changes in types of mechanism (normal, strike-slip, reverse) with the progress of mining from Panel 3, coal seam 503, Bobrek Mine. The data was sourced from the IS-EPOS Platform, an open data infrastructure for the study of anthropogenic hazards linked to georesource exploitation. The foci were located below the seam and followed a longwall excavation. The computed mechanisms and distribution of spatial-temporal events enabled three clusters representing three different stages of stress regimes to be distinguished. The calculated principal stress axes indicated the main stress directions present in the studied area, enabling a local model of the derivative pattern of neotectonic deformation to be described. The regime changed from horizontal extension in the syncline limb (first cluster) to transpression (second cluster) to dominating compression in the hinge (third cluster), resulting in reverse fault production. Finally, the results revealed the causes of seismicity in the studied area and showed that the studied events had been mostly triggered.
Maciej Jan Mendecki; Jacek Szczygieł; Grzegorz Lizurek; Lesław Teper. Mining-triggered seismicity governed by a fold hinge zone: The Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland. Engineering Geology 2020, 274, 105728 .
AMA StyleMaciej Jan Mendecki, Jacek Szczygieł, Grzegorz Lizurek, Lesław Teper. Mining-triggered seismicity governed by a fold hinge zone: The Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland. Engineering Geology. 2020; 274 ():105728.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMaciej Jan Mendecki; Jacek Szczygieł; Grzegorz Lizurek; Lesław Teper. 2020. "Mining-triggered seismicity governed by a fold hinge zone: The Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland." Engineering Geology 274, no. : 105728.
In this work, we combined a three-point problem with Delaunay triangulation to determine the average orientation of a sub-horizontal contact lying within the Kraków-Silesian Homocline, Poland. This contact was assumed to represent the regional trend due to the conformable or sub-conformable relationships between the geological units. The approach presented involved computing the local orientation of Delaunay triangles that represented the investigated surface. A C++ application was developed to compute the required figures, to which we added computer code that is open source and freely available. The pre-processing stage required the removal of collinear configurations that contributed to floating-point arithmetic inaccuracies. We then assigned dip angle and direction to the Delaunay triangles and performed a stereographic projection of the unit normal vectors. For statistical analysis, we conducted inertia moment analysis and followed the mean vector approach. As a part of exploring the orientation data—and as a way of achieving better consistency with initial stereonet results—we used several clustering algorithms: k-means, k-medoids and hierarchical. We indicated that the Euclidean distance could be beneficial for extracting the sub-population assumed to represent the regional trend. We concluded that considering four clusters and the combination of the Euclidean distance and Ward linkage methods gave us the best extraction results for the dominant orientation. We identified limitations to the proposed approach relating to the lack of statistical information on the calculated orientations and suggested potential extensions to the research, including mixture models and investigation of spatial patterns.
Michal Michalak; Waldemar Bardziński; Leslaw Teper; Zbigniew Małolepszy. Using Delaunay triangulation and cluster analysis to determine the orientation of a sub-horizontal and noise including contact in Kraków-Silesian Homocline, Poland. Computers & Geosciences 2019, 133, 104322 .
AMA StyleMichal Michalak, Waldemar Bardziński, Leslaw Teper, Zbigniew Małolepszy. Using Delaunay triangulation and cluster analysis to determine the orientation of a sub-horizontal and noise including contact in Kraków-Silesian Homocline, Poland. Computers & Geosciences. 2019; 133 ():104322.
Chicago/Turabian StyleMichal Michalak; Waldemar Bardziński; Leslaw Teper; Zbigniew Małolepszy. 2019. "Using Delaunay triangulation and cluster analysis to determine the orientation of a sub-horizontal and noise including contact in Kraków-Silesian Homocline, Poland." Computers & Geosciences 133, no. : 104322.
Katarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Tomasz Czech; Tomasz Hulok; Michal Olszak; Jan Zogala. The Use of Pollution Indexes to Discriminate Between Natural and Anthropogenic Heavy Metals in the Soils Developed Over an Ore-Bearing Formation. Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on New Technologies 2019, 1 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska, Leslaw Teper, Tomasz Czech, Tomasz Hulok, Michal Olszak, Jan Zogala. The Use of Pollution Indexes to Discriminate Between Natural and Anthropogenic Heavy Metals in the Soils Developed Over an Ore-Bearing Formation. Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on New Technologies. 2019; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Tomasz Czech; Tomasz Hulok; Michal Olszak; Jan Zogala. 2019. "The Use of Pollution Indexes to Discriminate Between Natural and Anthropogenic Heavy Metals in the Soils Developed Over an Ore-Bearing Formation." Proceedings of the 5th World Congress on New Technologies , no. : 1.
K. Sutkowska; L. Teper; A. Vaněk; T. Czech. Revealing the Distribution and Bioavailability of Zn, Pb, and Cd in Soil at an Abandoned Zn Processing Site: The Role of Spectrometry Techniques. Acta Physica Polonica A 2018, 134, 438 -441.
AMA StyleK. Sutkowska, L. Teper, A. Vaněk, T. Czech. Revealing the Distribution and Bioavailability of Zn, Pb, and Cd in Soil at an Abandoned Zn Processing Site: The Role of Spectrometry Techniques. Acta Physica Polonica A. 2018; 134 (1):438-441.
Chicago/Turabian StyleK. Sutkowska; L. Teper; A. Vaněk; T. Czech. 2018. "Revealing the Distribution and Bioavailability of Zn, Pb, and Cd in Soil at an Abandoned Zn Processing Site: The Role of Spectrometry Techniques." Acta Physica Polonica A 134, no. 1: 438-441.
Thallium (Tl) concentration and isotope data have been recorded for contaminated soils and a set of industrial wastes that were produced within different stages of Zn ore mining and metallurgical processing of Zn-rich materials. Despite large differences in Tl levels of the waste materials (1-500mgkg(-1)), generally small changes in ε(205)Tl values have been observed. However, isotopically lighter Tl was recorded in fly ash (ε(205)Tl∼-4.1) than in slag (ε(205)Tl∼-3.3), implying partial isotope fractionation during material processing. Thallium isotope compositions in the studied soils reflected the Tl contamination (ε(205)Tl∼-3.8), despite the fact that the major pollution period ended more than 30 years ago. Therefore, we assume that former industrial Tl inputs into soils, if significant, can potentially be traced using the isotope tracing method. We also suggest that the isotope redistributions occurred in some soil (subsurface) horizons, with Tl being isotopically heavier than the pollution source, due to specific sorption and/or precipitation processes, which complicates the discrimination of primary Tl. Thallium isotope analysis proved to be a promising tool to aid our understanding of Tl behavior within the smelting process, as well as its post-depositional dynamics in the environmental systems (soils).
Aleš Vaněk; Zuzana Grösslová; Martin Mihaljevic; Vojtech Ettler; Jakub Trubac; Vladislav Chrastný; Vít Penížek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Andreas Voegelin; Tereza Zádorová; Vendula Oborná; Ondřej Drábek; Ondrej Holubik; Jakub Houška; Lenka Pavlů; Christopher Ash. Thallium isotopes in metallurgical wastes/contaminated soils: A novel tool to trace metal source and behavior. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2018, 343, 78 -85.
AMA StyleAleš Vaněk, Zuzana Grösslová, Martin Mihaljevic, Vojtech Ettler, Jakub Trubac, Vladislav Chrastný, Vít Penížek, Leslaw Teper, Jerzy Cabala, Andreas Voegelin, Tereza Zádorová, Vendula Oborná, Ondřej Drábek, Ondrej Holubik, Jakub Houška, Lenka Pavlů, Christopher Ash. Thallium isotopes in metallurgical wastes/contaminated soils: A novel tool to trace metal source and behavior. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 2018; 343 ():78-85.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAleš Vaněk; Zuzana Grösslová; Martin Mihaljevic; Vojtech Ettler; Jakub Trubac; Vladislav Chrastný; Vít Penížek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Andreas Voegelin; Tereza Zádorová; Vendula Oborná; Ondřej Drábek; Ondrej Holubik; Jakub Houška; Lenka Pavlů; Christopher Ash. 2018. "Thallium isotopes in metallurgical wastes/contaminated soils: A novel tool to trace metal source and behavior." Journal of Hazardous Materials 343, no. : 78-85.
Katarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Aleš Vaněk; Tomasz Czech; Agnieszka Baran. Effect of Historical Zinc Processing on Soil: A Case Study in Southern Poland. The 3rd World Congress on New Technologies 2017, 1 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska, Leslaw Teper, Aleš Vaněk, Tomasz Czech, Agnieszka Baran. Effect of Historical Zinc Processing on Soil: A Case Study in Southern Poland. The 3rd World Congress on New Technologies. 2017; ():1.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Aleš Vaněk; Tomasz Czech; Agnieszka Baran. 2017. "Effect of Historical Zinc Processing on Soil: A Case Study in Southern Poland." The 3rd World Congress on New Technologies , no. : 1.
Here, for the first time, we report the thallium (Tl) isotope record in moderately contaminated soils with contrasting land management (forest and meadow soils), which have been affected by emissions from coal-fired power plants. Our findings clearly demonstrate that Tl of anthropogenic (high-temperature) origin with light isotope composition was deposited onto the studied soils, where heavier Tl (ε205Tl ∼ −1) naturally occurs. The results show a positive linear relationship (R2 = 0.71) between 1/Tl and the isotope record, as determined for all the soils and bedrocks, also indicative of binary Tl mixing between two dominant reservoirs. We also identified significant Tl isotope variations within the products from coal combustion and thermo-desorption experiments with local Tl-rich coal pyrite. Bottom ash exhibited the heaviest Tl isotope composition (ε205Tl ∼ 0), followed by fly ash (ε205Tl between −2.5 and −2.8) and volatile Tl fractions (ε205Tl between −6.2 and −10.3), suggesting partial Tl isotope fractionations. Despite the evident role of soil processes in the isotope redistributions, we demonstrate that Tl contamination can be traced in soils and propose that the isotope data represent a possible tool to aid our understanding of postdepositional Tl dynamics in surface environments for the future.
Aleš Vaněk; Zuzana Grösslová; Martin Mihaljevič; Jakub Trubač; Vojtěch Ettler; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Jan Rohovec; Tereza Zádorová; Vít Penížek; Lenka Pavlů; Ondřej Holubík; Karel Němeček; Jakub Houška; Ondřej Drábek; Christopher Ash. Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants. Environmental Science & Technology 2016, 50, 9864 -9871.
AMA StyleAleš Vaněk, Zuzana Grösslová, Martin Mihaljevič, Jakub Trubač, Vojtěch Ettler, Leslaw Teper, Jerzy Cabala, Jan Rohovec, Tereza Zádorová, Vít Penížek, Lenka Pavlů, Ondřej Holubík, Karel Němeček, Jakub Houška, Ondřej Drábek, Christopher Ash. Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants. Environmental Science & Technology. 2016; 50 (18):9864-9871.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAleš Vaněk; Zuzana Grösslová; Martin Mihaljevič; Jakub Trubač; Vojtěch Ettler; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Jan Rohovec; Tereza Zádorová; Vít Penížek; Lenka Pavlů; Ondřej Holubík; Karel Němeček; Jakub Houška; Ondřej Drábek; Christopher Ash. 2016. "Isotopic Tracing of Thallium Contamination in Soils Affected by Emissions from Coal-Fired Power Plants." Environmental Science & Technology 50, no. 18: 9864-9871.
This study of soil conditions was carried out on 30 meadow soil (podzol) samples from the vicinity of the soda ash heap in Jaworzno, supplemented by analyses of 18 samples of waste deposited on the heap. In all samples, the total content of macroelements (Ca and Na) and heavy metals (Cd, Cr, Ni, Pb and Zn) as well as pH were analysed. The element concentrations were measured using inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). The materials examined were neutral to ultra-alkaline. Total accumulations (mg kg(-1)) of chemical elements in the soil vary from 130.24 to 14076.67 for Ca, 41.40-926.23 for Na, 0.03-3.34 for Cd, 0.94-103.62 for Cr, 0.94-35.89 for Ni, 3.51-76.47 for Pb and 12.05-279.13 for Zn, whereas quantities of the same elements in the waste samples vary from 171705.13 to 360487.94 for Ca, 517.64-3152.82 for Na, 0.2-9.89 for Cd, 1.16-20.40 for Cr, 1.08-9.79 for Ni, 0.1-146.05 for Pb and 10.26-552.35 for Zn. The vertical distribution of the metals was determined in each soil profile. Despite enrichment of heavy metals in the uppermost horizon on the top of the heap, the results lead to the conclusion that the relation of historical production of soda ash in Jaworzno to current contamination of the local soil environment is insignificant.
Katarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Monika Stania. Tracing potential soil contamination in the historical Solvay soda ash plant area, Jaworzno, Southern Poland. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2015, 187, 704 .
AMA StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska, Leslaw Teper, Monika Stania. Tracing potential soil contamination in the historical Solvay soda ash plant area, Jaworzno, Southern Poland. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2015; 187 (11):704.
Chicago/Turabian StyleKatarzyna Sutkowska; Leslaw Teper; Monika Stania. 2015. "Tracing potential soil contamination in the historical Solvay soda ash plant area, Jaworzno, Southern Poland." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 187, no. 11: 704.
Vladislav Chrastný; Eva Čadková; Ales Vanek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Michael Komárek. Cadmium isotope fractionation within the soil profile complicates source identification in relation to Pb–Zn mining and smelting processes. Chemical Geology 2015, 405, 1 -9.
AMA StyleVladislav Chrastný, Eva Čadková, Ales Vanek, Leslaw Teper, Jerzy Cabala, Michael Komárek. Cadmium isotope fractionation within the soil profile complicates source identification in relation to Pb–Zn mining and smelting processes. Chemical Geology. 2015; 405 ():1-9.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVladislav Chrastný; Eva Čadková; Ales Vanek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Michael Komárek. 2015. "Cadmium isotope fractionation within the soil profile complicates source identification in relation to Pb–Zn mining and smelting processes." Chemical Geology 405, no. : 1-9.
The study complements our previous research, focused on metal contamination of soils in the area historically affected by Zn smelting near Olkusz (Silesia–Krakow region, southern Poland) and provides complex data on the geochemistry of anthropogenic Tl in soils with contrasting land use. Significant differences in Tl concentrations and chemical fractionation were observed between forest and grassland soil profiles, indicating the effect of land use on Tl behavior. Our findings proved the ability of forest soils to concentrate high amounts of Tl, particularly within the organic layers. A comparison of Tl concentrations in the upper (O or A) and the bottom horizons (C) of forest and grassland soils clearly demonstrates vertical mobility of Tl. The results of the sequential extraction procedure indicated the important role of soil organic matter in Tl mobilization, probably as a result of long-term alteration/dissolution of smelter-derived particles followed with Tl release; up to ~ 20% of total Tl amount was associated with the exchangeable/acid-extractable fraction in forest soils. The Tl concentrations detected in grassland soils were up to an order of magnitude lower than in forest soils. Taking into account the dominant bonding of Tl to the residual fraction, Tl present in grassland soils poses lower environmental hazard with respect to the potential mobilization or uptake by plants. Nevertheless, further research on Tl dynamics with emphasis to the environmental stability of Tl-bearing phases is essential for precise understanding of Tl behavior in such polluted (agro)systems.
Aleš Vaněk; Vladislav Chrastný; Michael Komárek; Vít Penížek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Ondřej Drábek. Geochemical position of thallium in soils from a smelter-impacted area. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 2013, 124, 176 -182.
AMA StyleAleš Vaněk, Vladislav Chrastný, Michael Komárek, Vít Penížek, Leslaw Teper, Jerzy Cabala, Ondřej Drábek. Geochemical position of thallium in soils from a smelter-impacted area. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 2013; 124 ():176-182.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAleš Vaněk; Vladislav Chrastný; Michael Komárek; Vít Penížek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Ondřej Drábek. 2013. "Geochemical position of thallium in soils from a smelter-impacted area." Journal of Geochemical Exploration 124, no. : 176-182.
The soils adjacent to an area of historical mining, ore processing and smelting activities reflects the historical background and a mixing of recent contamination sources. The main anthropogenic sources of metals can be connected with historical and recent mine wastes, direct atmospheric deposition from mining and smelting processes and dust particles originating from open tailings ponds. Contaminated agriculture and forest soil samples with mining and smelting related pollutants were collected at different distances from the source of emission in the Pb–Zn–Ag mining area near Olkusz, Upper Silesia to (a) compare the chemical speciation of metals in agriculture and forest soils situated at the same distance from the point source of pollution (paired sampling design), (b) to evaluate the relationship between the distance from the polluter and the retention of the metals in the soil, (c) to describe mineralogy transformation of anthropogenic soil particles in the soils, and (d) to assess the effect of deposited fly ash vs. dumped mining/smelting waste on the mobility and bioavailability of metals in the soil. Forest soils are much more affected with smelting processes than agriculture soils. However, agriculture soils suffer from the downward metal migration more than the forest soils. The maximum concentrations of Pb, Zn, and Cd were detected in a forest soil profile near the smelter and reached about 25 g kg − 1, 20 g kg − 1 and 200 mg kg − 1 for Pb, Zn and Cd, respectively. The metal pollutants from smelting processes are less stable under slightly alkaline soil pH then acidic due to the metal carbonates precipitation. Metal mobility ranges in the studied forest soils are as follows: Pb > Zn ≈ Cd for relatively circum-neutral soil pH (near the smelter), Cd > Zn > Pb for acidic soils (further from the smelter). Under relatively comparable pH conditions, the main soil properties influencing metal migration are total organic carbon and cation exchange capacity. The mobilization of Pb, Zn and Cd in soils depends on the persistence of the metal-containing particles in the atmosphere; the longer the time, the more abundant the stable forms. The dumped mining/smelting waste is less risk of easily mobilizable metal forms, however, downward metal migration especially due to the periodical leaching of the waste was observed.
Vladislav Chrastný; Ales Vanek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Jan Procházka; Libor Pechar; Petr Drahota; Vít Penížek; Michael Komárek; Martin Novák. Geochemical position of Pb, Zn and Cd in soils near the Olkusz mine/smelter, South Poland: effects of land use, type of contamination and distance from pollution source. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 2011, 184, 2517 -2536.
AMA StyleVladislav Chrastný, Ales Vanek, Leslaw Teper, Jerzy Cabala, Jan Procházka, Libor Pechar, Petr Drahota, Vít Penížek, Michael Komárek, Martin Novák. Geochemical position of Pb, Zn and Cd in soils near the Olkusz mine/smelter, South Poland: effects of land use, type of contamination and distance from pollution source. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment. 2011; 184 (4):2517-2536.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVladislav Chrastný; Ales Vanek; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Jan Procházka; Libor Pechar; Petr Drahota; Vít Penížek; Michael Komárek; Martin Novák. 2011. "Geochemical position of Pb, Zn and Cd in soils near the Olkusz mine/smelter, South Poland: effects of land use, type of contamination and distance from pollution source." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 184, no. 4: 2517-2536.
Aleš Vaněk; Vladislav Chrastný; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Vít Penížek; Michael Komárek. Distribution of thallium and accompanying metals in tree rings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) from a smelter-affected area. Journal of Geochemical Exploration 2011, 108, 73 -80.
AMA StyleAleš Vaněk, Vladislav Chrastný, Leslaw Teper, Jerzy Cabala, Vít Penížek, Michael Komárek. Distribution of thallium and accompanying metals in tree rings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) from a smelter-affected area. Journal of Geochemical Exploration. 2011; 108 (1):73-80.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAleš Vaněk; Vladislav Chrastný; Leslaw Teper; Jerzy Cabala; Vít Penížek; Michael Komárek. 2011. "Distribution of thallium and accompanying metals in tree rings of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) from a smelter-affected area." Journal of Geochemical Exploration 108, no. 1: 73-80.
Leslaw Teper. Deep lithospheric structure and the Upper Silesian-Cracovian giant Zn-Pb ore deposits in Poland. Global Tectonics and Metallogeny 2007, 9, 59 -65.
AMA StyleLeslaw Teper. Deep lithospheric structure and the Upper Silesian-Cracovian giant Zn-Pb ore deposits in Poland. Global Tectonics and Metallogeny. 2007; 9 ():59-65.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeslaw Teper. 2007. "Deep lithospheric structure and the Upper Silesian-Cracovian giant Zn-Pb ore deposits in Poland." Global Tectonics and Metallogeny 9, no. : 59-65.
Industrial soils near Zn–Pb mines and metallurgical plants in the vicinity of Olkusz (southern Poland) are exposed to high environmental stress related to heavy metal pollution (Zn, Pb, Cd, Mn, Fe, Tl and As) from waste disposal sites and primary ores. X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) with energy dispersive spectrometry analyses (EDS) and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) were used to analyse rhizosphere soil samples from the area. The mineral composition of the rhizosphere soils was determined. Carbonates of lead, cadmium and zinc, arsenic–lead sulphosalts and other minerals occurring on the root epiderm are described. Mineral aggregates of secondary origin include polymineralic spherules containing high concentrations of Zn (up to 2.3%), Pb (up to 0.7%), Fe (up to 23%), Cd (up to 427 mg kg−1) and Tl (up to 139 mg kg−1). Processes on the rhizoplane, and in the zone where plant-root exudation solutions are active, promote the crystallization of metalliferous minerals. ESEM is recommended as an efficient method for examining alteration occurring in the rhizosphere environment.
J. Cabala; L. Teper. Metalliferous Constituents of Rhizosphere Soils Contaminated by Zn–Pb Mining in Southern Poland. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 2006, 178, 351 -362.
AMA StyleJ. Cabala, L. Teper. Metalliferous Constituents of Rhizosphere Soils Contaminated by Zn–Pb Mining in Southern Poland. Water, Air, & Soil Pollution. 2006; 178 (1-4):351-362.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJ. Cabala; L. Teper. 2006. "Metalliferous Constituents of Rhizosphere Soils Contaminated by Zn–Pb Mining in Southern Poland." Water, Air, & Soil Pollution 178, no. 1-4: 351-362.
The natural radioactivity of 40K, 208Ti, 212Pb, 212Bi, 214Pb, 214Bi, 228Ac and the fallout of 137Cs in typical rocks and soils of Świeradów Zdrój area (Sudetes Mountains, Poland) were measured in situ using a portable gamma-ray spectrometry workstation. The measurement points were chosen for different regional lithology: within hornfelses of the Szklarska Poręba schist-belt, quartz rocks, gneisses of the Świeradów Zdrój unit, leucogranites, leptinites, mica schists of the Stara Kamienica belt, and finally the zones of the southern and northern contacts of the Stara Kamienica schist-belt with leucogranites and gneisses of the Lesna unit, respectively. 40K activity varied in the range from about 320 Bq kg−1 (quartz) to 1200 Bq kg−1 (gneisses). The activity concentrations associated with 228Ac (232Th series) varied in the range from 25 Bq kg−1 (quartz) to 62 Bq kg−1 (leucogranites), whereas activity concentration of 226Ra varied in the range from about 31 Bq kg−1 (hornfelses) to 122 Bq kg−1 (leucogranites). Relatively low deposits of 137Cs were noted in the investigated area, where the activity concentrations ranged from 4001 (hornfelses) Bq m−2 to less than 154 Bq m−2 (leucogranites).
Dariusz Malczewski; Leslaw Teper; J. Dorda. Assessment of natural and anthropogenic radioactivity levels in rocks and soils in the environs of Swieradow Zdroj in Sudetes, Poland, by in situ gamma-ray spectrometry. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 2003, 73, 233 -245.
AMA StyleDariusz Malczewski, Leslaw Teper, J. Dorda. Assessment of natural and anthropogenic radioactivity levels in rocks and soils in the environs of Swieradow Zdroj in Sudetes, Poland, by in situ gamma-ray spectrometry. Journal of Environmental Radioactivity. 2003; 73 (3):233-245.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDariusz Malczewski; Leslaw Teper; J. Dorda. 2003. "Assessment of natural and anthropogenic radioactivity levels in rocks and soils in the environs of Swieradow Zdroj in Sudetes, Poland, by in situ gamma-ray spectrometry." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 73, no. 3: 233-245.
A zone of deformation characterized by en echelon folds extends along the northeast margin of the Upper Silesian Coal basin in southern Poland. The zone is well exposed by mining in numerous collieries where the deformation involving Upper Carboniferous strata can be observed. Folds and associated faults form a structural pattern consistent with an origin in dextral convergent wrenching on both the principal deep-seated fractures and the subsidiary faults affecting crystalline basement beneath this part of the basin. The zone is cross-cut by sublatitudinal fold belts which, according to their geometrical parameters, seem to result from alternate transcurrent shearing along west-east oriented fractures in the basement, sinistral in one case and dextral in the other. Among folds caused by the concentrated operation of a force couple whose vectors lie in the horizontal plane, there are examples of bending folds (forced folds) in each array resulting from vertical components of movement of deep-seated fault blocks. The dimensions of the folds change with depth, and the axial trend and the inclination of axial surfaces differ with distance from the basement fault trace. The length of fold segments strongly depends on axes orientation. Widely distributed evidence of interlayer slip demonstrates a variable spatial distribution of tectonic-transport direction in the sedimentary sequence. The above-mentioned features and other geometrical attributes of the fold arrays enable the dynamics of the forcing structures during Variscan tectogenesis to be determined and illustrate a hierarchical structure of the basement boundary zones. Examples from the Silesian-Cracovian region suggest that bending folds (forced folds) can sometimes originate in conditions provided by a strike-slip regime.
Leslaw Teper. Geometry of fold arrays in the Silesian-Cracovian region of southern Poland. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 1999, 169, 167 -179.
AMA StyleLeslaw Teper. Geometry of fold arrays in the Silesian-Cracovian region of southern Poland. Geological Society, London, Special Publications. 1999; 169 (1):167-179.
Chicago/Turabian StyleLeslaw Teper. 1999. "Geometry of fold arrays in the Silesian-Cracovian region of southern Poland." Geological Society, London, Special Publications 169, no. 1: 167-179.
Fault network of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (USCB) is built of sets of strike-slip, oblique-slip and dip-slip faults. It is a typical product of force couple which acts evenly with the parallel of latitude, causing horizontal and anti-clockwise movement of rock-mass. Earlier research of focal mechanisms of mine tremors, using a standard fault plane solution, has shown that some events are related to tectonic directions in main structural units of the USCB. An attempt was undertaken to analyze the records of mine tremors from the period 1992–1994 in the selected coal fields. The digital records of about 200 mine tremors with energy larger than 1×104 J (M L >1.23) were analyzed with SMT software for seismic moment tensor inversion. The decomposition of seismic moment tensor of mine tremors was segmented into isotropic (I) part, compensated linear vector dipole (CLVD) part and double-couple (DC) part. The DC part is prevalent (up to 70%) in the majority of quakes from the central region of the USCB. A group of mine tremors with large I element (up to 50%) can also be observed. The spatial orientation of the fault and auxiliary planes were obtained from the computations for the seismic moment DC part. Study of the DC part of the seismic moment tensor made it possible for us to separate the group of events which might be acknowledged to have their origin in unstable energy release on surfaces of faults forming a regional structural pattern. The possible influence of the Cainozoic tectonic history of the USCB on the recent shape of stress field is discussed.
Grzegorz Sagan; Leslaw Teper; Waclaw Zuberek. Tectonic analysis of mine tremor mechanisms from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. Pure and Applied Geophysics 1996, 147, 217 -238.
AMA StyleGrzegorz Sagan, Leslaw Teper, Waclaw Zuberek. Tectonic analysis of mine tremor mechanisms from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 1996; 147 (2):217-238.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGrzegorz Sagan; Leslaw Teper; Waclaw Zuberek. 1996. "Tectonic analysis of mine tremor mechanisms from the Upper Silesian Coal Basin." Pure and Applied Geophysics 147, no. 2: 217-238.
Fractal analysis of faults network, tremor foci spatial distribution as well as the Gutenberg-Richter relationship could further explain whether the biggest seismic events are connected with recent tectonic activity. Fractality of fault systems geometry, as a first step of the analysis, was tested fro a part of the USCB embodying the main structural units. The cluster analysis and the box counting methods were employed. The calculated fractal dimension of fault network was 1.98 for the whole area yet for considered structural units it was close to 1.6. The results point to similarity of studied fault pattern to river network. Faults within selected tectonic units make separate sets which have a distinct geometry and origin. The value of 1.6 is an upper limit to the fracture geometry of rocks that can be explained on the basis of Griffith energy balance concept.
Adam Idziak; Leslaw Teper. Fractal dimension of faults network in the upper silesian coal basin (Poland): Preliminary studies. Pure and Applied Geophysics 1996, 147, 239 -247.
AMA StyleAdam Idziak, Leslaw Teper. Fractal dimension of faults network in the upper silesian coal basin (Poland): Preliminary studies. Pure and Applied Geophysics. 1996; 147 (2):239-247.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdam Idziak; Leslaw Teper. 1996. "Fractal dimension of faults network in the upper silesian coal basin (Poland): Preliminary studies." Pure and Applied Geophysics 147, no. 2: 239-247.
Fractal analysis of faults network, tremor foci spatial distribution as well as the Gutenberg-Richter relationship could further explain whether the biggest seismic events are connected with recent tectonic activity. Fractality of fault systems geometry, as a first step of the analysis, was tested for a pint of the USCB embodying the main structural units. The cluster analysis and the box counting methods were employed.
Adam Idziak; Lesław Teper. Fractal Dimension of Faults Network in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland): Preliminary Studies. Induced Seismic Events 1996, 239 -247.
AMA StyleAdam Idziak, Lesław Teper. Fractal Dimension of Faults Network in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland): Preliminary Studies. Induced Seismic Events. 1996; ():239-247.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdam Idziak; Lesław Teper. 1996. "Fractal Dimension of Faults Network in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland): Preliminary Studies." Induced Seismic Events , no. : 239-247.