Papers by Tadeusz Szczypek
chodzenie z kijkami (nordic walking) na Maderze. Przedstawiono historię budowy i współczesne znac... more chodzenie z kijkami (nordic walking) na Maderze. Przedstawiono historię budowy i współczesne znaczenie lewad -starych urządzeń irygacyjnych na Maderze. Lewady zaczęły powstawać w XVI wieku w celu dostarczania wody z wilgotnej północnej części wyspy do suchszej części południowej. Ostatnie lewady zbudowano w 1970 r. Ich unikatowość polega nie tylko na tym, że również obecnie pełnią funkcję kanałów nawadniających, ale też stały się popularnym obiektem różnych efektywnych i szybko rozwijających się rodzajów turystyki, szczególnie dla chodzących z kijkami (nordic walkers). Shirokova V. A., Snytko V. A., Szczypek T. Madeira Island levadas and nordic walking. The article shows the history of buildings and the modern importance of the Levad -the ancient irrigation facilities of the island of Madeira. Levada began to build in the XVI century. for the delivery of water from the northern part of the island to the arid southern part. The last lewadas were created in 1970. Their uniqueness not only in the fact that they continue to play the role of irrigation canals, but also became a popular object of various productive and rapidly developing forms of tourism, especially for "walkers with ski poles & quot". Ключевые слова: экологический туризм, гидротехнические сооружения, скандинавская ходьба, экономика туризма Słowa kluczowe: ekoturystyka, obiekty hydrotechniczne, chodzenie z kijkami (nordic walking), ekonomika turystyki
Environmental Earth Sciences, 2017
Detailed analyses were conducted of human impact on juniper forest landscapes occurring within th... more Detailed analyses were conducted of human impact on juniper forest landscapes occurring within the Zarafshan Range (Pamir-Alay). Juniperus seravschanica and J. semiglobosa belong to forest-forming species in Central Asia. At present, juniper forests all over Tajikistan are seriously threatened as a result of excessive logging and cattle grazing. The aim of this paper is to present juniper forest transformation as a result of human activities as well as the diversity of soil properties in the organic and humus horizons in the altitudinal system of soil zonation. Three groups of phytocoenoses were distinguished: those with a dominant share of Juniperus seravschanica; those with a dominant share of J. semiglobosa; and mixed. Associations with Juniperus seravschanica and J. semiglobosa feature several variants of phytocoenoses with dominant species: Artemisia lehmanniana, A. dracunculus, Eremurus olgae, Festuca sulcata, Ligularia thomsonii, Stipa turkestanica, Thymus seravschanicus, and Ziziphora pamiroalaica. The collected soil samples differ in their granulometric composition. Gravelly cobble fractions [2 mm are dominant; the share of sandy particles \2 mm is much lower (about 10-20%). Fraction 0.5-0.05 attains 35% on average. The Corg content of the soil varied from 0.26 to 11.40% in the humus horizon (A) and from 4.3 to 25% in the organic (O). Similar relationships were reported in the case of Ntot concentration. A clear relationship can be observed between concentrations of Corg and Ntot. Soil pH varied, ranging from very low acidic (pH 5.5) to neutral (pH 8.5). The content of available P varied; high concentrations were noted in organic (O) (40.46-211 mg kg -1 ) and mixed horizons (OA) (2.61-119 mg kg -1 ). Maximum accumulations of Pavail (1739.6 mg kg -1 ) and Ptot (9696 mg kg -1 ) were observed at a site heavily affected by intense grazing. Concentrations of Mgavail varied from 116 to 964 mg kg -1 . Most of the analysed soil profiles lacked an organic horizon; only thin humus occurred.
Alexander A. Chibilyov, Valerian A. Snytko, Tadeusz Szczypek, Stanisław Wika Russian Academy of S... more Alexander A. Chibilyov, Valerian A. Snytko, Tadeusz Szczypek, Stanisław Wika Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch, Institute of Steppe, Pionerskaya 11, 460000 Orenburg, Russia E-mail: [email protected] Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, Institute of Geography, Ulanbatorskaya 1, 664033 Irkutsk-33, Russia E-mail: [email protected] University of Silesia, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Bździńska 60, 41-200 Sosnowiec, Poland E-mail: [email protected] University of Silesia, Faculty of Biology and Evironment Protection, Jagiellońska 28, 40-032 Katowice, Poland E-mail: [email protected]
Vegetation development on post-industrial territories of the Silesian Upland (Southern Poland)
Geography and Natural Resources, 2013
Przedstawiono analizę drogi życiowej oraz twórczości naukowej znakomitego geografa, gleboznawcy i... more Przedstawiono analizę drogi życiowej oraz twórczości naukowej znakomitego geografa, gleboznawcy i geochemika -M. A. Głazowskiej (1912-2016). W ciągu ¾ wieku badań opublikowała ponad 20 podręczników i monografii, a na tych dziełach oraz na Jej wykładach wychowało się wiele pokoleń geografów. M. A. Głazowska stworzyła szkołę naukową geochemii krajobrazów i geografii gleb. Gerasimova M. I., Snytko V. A., Szczypek T. Scientific activities of Professor Maria Alfredovna Glazovskaya. The way of life and scientific activity of the outstanding geographer, geochemist and soil scientist -Maria Alfredovna Glazovskaya (1912-2016) is described. During almost three quarters of a century, she published more than 20 manuals and monographs. Several generations of geographers listened to her lectures and studied her manuals; she created a scientific school in the fields of geochemistry of landscape and soil geography. Ключевые слова: М. А. Глазовская, почвоведение, география почв, геохимия ландшафтов Słowa kluczowe: M. A. Głazowskaja, gleboznawstwo, geografia gleb, geochemia krajobrazów
The grain size dislribution and quartz grain (1.0-0.8 mm) abrasion degree for the contemporary ae... more The grain size dislribution and quartz grain (1.0-0.8 mm) abrasion degree for the contemporary aeolilln sands occurring in a zone oflaiga and steppe in the neighbourhood of Lake Baileal, in Eastern Siberia, is compared with similar features in other aeolian sediments. Five sites in a taiga zone, one in a forest-steppe lone and one in a steppe zooe: have been
For many years, the sandpit in Bukowno was in the centre of attention of naturalists and geograph... more For many years, the sandpit in Bukowno was in the centre of attention of naturalists and geographers, especially geomorphologists. The existence of extensive and deep sandpits has its positive sides, however when viewed from a naturalistic and social standpoint, they do not compensate for all the above-mentioned negative aspects. From a scientific point of view, a positive side of their existence is the possibility for direct observation and study of the structure and lithological characteristics of sand deposits, thus allowing for the discovery of sediment genesis and reconstruction of paleogeographical conditions. Such open pits create a possibility for direct and, in principle, constant monitoring of modern processes shaping newly exposed sand surfaces (floors and slopes of an open pit). From a geomorphological standpoint, excavations provide the possibility to, above all, observe currently occurring aeolian processes .
On the base of geomorphological analyses, phytosociological observations and dendrochronological ... more On the base of geomorphological analyses, phytosociological observations and dendrochronological dating conditions of occurrence and development of phytogenic hillocks on sandy areas (on the example of so-called Bledov Desert), features of granulometric composition of building them deposits against a background of underlying deposits, age of these landforms and their geomorphological and landscape importance were determinated.
The papers focuses on anthropogenic water reservoirs, originating in result of terrain subsiding,... more The papers focuses on anthropogenic water reservoirs, originating in result of terrain subsiding, caused by underground exploitation of black coal in the Silesian Upland in southern Poland. Intensive black coal exploitation has lasted here more than 200 years and especially intensively – since the mid-20 th century. The results of terrain subsiding over empty places after coal exploited are most often water reservoirs of different size and various shape. The above-mentioned reservoirs play different role in the landscape, among others geomorphological, hydrological, biological and aesthetical one. They very often are unexpected element from economical point of view because they bring economical losses in agriculture, forestry, building industry, communication. The part of older reservoirs has already "set" into the landscape and functions as its natural element.
Abstract – After organised human activity lasting for many centuries in the area of Biala Przemsz... more Abstract – After organised human activity lasting for many centuries in the area of Biala Przemsza catchment since the 1980s, the distinct re-generation of biocenoses and the formation of new ecological niches for different, also new organisms have been observed. The example of this is the formation of typical ecological systems in river valleys together with characteristic elements entering into the composition of biocenoses. Due to improvement in the state of ecosystems these species, formerly being at the edge of total extinction, increased in number in their own populations. It is the example of spontaneous development of ecosystems once human pressure ceased.
The Błędów Desert is regarded as a great natural singularity, not only on a domestic, but also on... more The Błędów Desert is regarded as a great natural singularity, not only on a domestic, but also on a European scale. Until recently it was the largest blow sands area in Poland and the largest continuous, inland dune sand area in Central Europe with interesting landforms resembling the sandy desert landscape, numerous rare and protected species of flora and fauna as well as sand grasslands (www.pustynia-bledowska.eu). The Błędów Desert is located in the eastern part of the Silesian Upland, at the base of the Upper Jurassic cuesta separating it from the Cracow-Częstochowa Upland. It stretches from Błędów (a district of Dąbrowa Górnicza) in the west to a village called Klucze in the east. The northern border of the desert is outlined by Chechło, while the southern border is a large forest area. The desert has almost 10 km in length and 4 km in width. It is crossed from east to west by the Biała Przemsza river. The name of the Desert was introduced in the 20 th century by W. Nałkowski, ...
Influence of human activity on the development of aeolian processes in the Silesian-Cracow Upland (Poland)
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, Supplementary Issues, 2008
... The formation of aeolian series above fossil soils dated into 880þ50 and 870þ30 years BP in d... more ... The formation of aeolian series above fossil soils dated into 880þ50 and 870þ30 years BP in dune in Siedlec Janowski (sites 22 and 23 in Fig. ... Wherever intensive forest clearing and the uncovering of sandy and dusty deposits took place, aeolian processes ensued. ...
The grain size dislribution and quartz grain (1.0-0.8 mm) abrasion degree for the contemporary ae... more The grain size dislribution and quartz grain (1.0-0.8 mm) abrasion degree for the contemporary aeolilln sands occurring in a zone oflaiga and steppe in the neighbourhood of Lake Baileal, in Eastern Siberia, is compared with similar features in other aeolian sediments. Five sites in a taiga zone, one in a forest-steppe lone and one in a steppe zooe: have been investigated. Whereas the morpho-fonning influence: of the wind is obvious in lIle area investigated, the role of the wind is important only in respect of grain size distribution and is not an imponant foctor in determining in quanz grain abrasion size.
Geographicae 40(1), 2007. Abstract. Variability in time and space related with the main aribute o... more Geographicae 40(1), 2007. Abstract. Variability in time and space related with the main aribute of material mobility is one of the essential features of nature including relief. The aim of this study is to show the selected geomorphological and sedimentological results of sandy maer circulation (formation of new landforms and microforms) and to determine the importance of wind in this process within large active sandpits in the Silesian Upland in the southern part of Poland, which are areas of sand circulation, intensified by anthropogenic factor. The human impact very oen entails certain changes of relief. Based on direct observations of variability of sandy landforms and microforms, it is assumed that an intensive circulation of sandy material has been taking place in the areas analysed. During the period of observation, repeated transitions of sandy material from one environment into another occurred, what resulted in the formation of new landforms, which, in their turn, underwen...
Zeitschrift für Geomorphologie, 2009
badania Innokientija Pietrowicza Gierasimowa. Praca dotyczy dziedzictwa naukowego akademika I. P.... more badania Innokientija Pietrowicza Gierasimowa. Praca dotyczy dziedzictwa naukowego akademika I. P. Gierasimowa (1905Gierasimowa ( -1985, który wniósł wielki wkład w rozwój geomorfologii, geologii czwartorzędu, litologii, geochemii, tektoniki i gleboznawstwa. Znaczące prace badawcze przeprowadził na Kaukazie, gdzie opracował nowe podejścia metodologiczne dotyczące roli procesów geomorfologicznych w rozwoju Ziemi. Szczególną uwagę autorzy zwrócili na rezultaty zorganizowanych przez I. P. Gierasimowa międzynarodowych projektów "Alpy -Каukaz" i "Каukaz -Stara Płanina". Przedstawiono też znaczenie jego badań odnośnie do gleb kaukaskich oraz zaproponowanej teorii pochodzenia lakkolitów piatigorskich .
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