• dr Jolanta Pełka-Gościniak
Position: adiunkt
Unit: Instytut Nauk o Ziemi
Adress: 41-200 Sosnowiec, ul. Będzińska 60
Floor: XVII
Room: 1709
Phone: (32) 3689 472
E-mail: jolanta.pelka-gosciniak@us.edu.pl
Publications list: Publications by CINiBA
Publications list: Publications by OPUS
Scopus Author ID: 15059328900
Publications from the Scopus database
2008
Dulias, R.; Pełka-Gościniak, J.; Szczypek, T.
Influence of human activity on the development of aeolian processes in the Silesian-Cracow Upland (Poland) Journal Article
In: Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie, vol. 52, no. SUPPL. 2, pp. 15-33, 2008, ISSN: 03728854, (9).
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abstract = {In Poland, first traces of human activity on dunes and areas of aeolian cover sands were observed in the Vistulian period. Man, however, was not an essential factor in the mobilisation of drift sands at the time because his main occupation was hunting and nemoriculture. At the beginning of the Holocene, the situation was not different. Intensive aeolian processes caused by human interference in the natural dune environments took place in the Sub-Boreal and Sub-Atlantic periods. It is assumed that they mainly consisted in the translocation of Late-Glacial dunes and the formation of thick and loose sandy series which were not of larger morphological significance (although Holocene dunes are also known). Aeolian series are frequently divided by fossil soils (mostly humus horizons) in which the occurrence of charcoal and pollen of synanthropic plants indicates pasturing and agricultural activity. Moreover, in dune sands, numerous artifacts belonging to different cultures have been found. The paper focuses on a synthesis of anthropogenically induced aeolian processes in the Silesian-Cracow Upland that has been the main area of investigation carried out by the Geographical Centre of the Silesian University in Sosnowiec, Poland. The research hypothesis is as follows: the Holocene aeolian processes in the Silesian-Cracow Upland are to a large extent related to activity of man, who used natural conditions of the region. The aim of this study is to analyse human-induced changes recorded in aeolian deposits and relief of this upland from a historical perspective against a background of the Holocene aeolian processes in Poland. To achieve this aim, we used numerous C14 datings, palynological analyses, archaeological finds (the reference to archaeological research being rather cursory), historical information, structural measurements and analyses of sand grain-size, analyses of archival and present cartographic materials, aerial photos and instrumental and non-instrumental observations of aeolian processes. Finally, periods of human interference recorded in aeolian deposits and relief have been distinguished. They are as follows: the Atlantic, the Sub-Boreal, the Sub-Atlantic, including the last millennium with a period of direct field observations, an analysis of changes and developmental tendencies of relief and determination of wind processes dynamics. © 2008 Gebrüder Borntraeger.},
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In Poland, first traces of human activity on dunes and areas of aeolian cover sands were observed in the Vistulian period. Man, however, was not an essential factor in the mobilisation of drift sands at the time because his main occupation was hunting and nemoriculture. At the beginning of the Holocene, the situation was not different. Intensive aeolian processes caused by human interference in the natural dune environments took place in the Sub-Boreal and Sub-Atlantic periods. It is assumed that they mainly consisted in the translocation of Late-Glacial dunes and the formation of thick and loose sandy series which were not of larger morphological significance (although Holocene dunes are also known). Aeolian series are frequently divided by fossil soils (mostly humus horizons) in which the occurrence of charcoal and pollen of synanthropic plants indicates pasturing and agricultural activity. Moreover, in dune sands, numerous artifacts belonging to different cultures have been found. The paper focuses on a synthesis of anthropogenically induced aeolian processes in the Silesian-Cracow Upland that has been the main area of investigation carried out by the Geographical Centre of the Silesian University in Sosnowiec, Poland. The research hypothesis is as follows: the Holocene aeolian processes in the Silesian-Cracow Upland are to a large extent related to activity of man, who used natural conditions of the region. The aim of this study is to analyse human-induced changes recorded in aeolian deposits and relief of this upland from a historical perspective against a background of the Holocene aeolian processes in Poland. To achieve this aim, we used numerous C14 datings, palynological analyses, archaeological finds (the reference to archaeological research being rather cursory), historical information, structural measurements and analyses of sand grain-size, analyses of archival and present cartographic materials, aerial photos and instrumental and non-instrumental observations of aeolian processes. Finally, periods of human interference recorded in aeolian deposits and relief have been distinguished. They are as follows: the Atlantic, the Sub-Boreal, the Sub-Atlantic, including the last millennium with a period of direct field observations, an analysis of changes and developmental tendencies of relief and determination of wind processes dynamics. © 2008 Gebrüder Borntraeger.
Pełka-Gościniak, J.; Rahmonov, O.; Szczypek, T.
Water reservoirs in subsidence depressions in landscape of the Silesian Upland (Southern Poland) Proceedings
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Publishing House "Technika", 2008, ISBN: 9789955282563, (4).
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abstract = {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-20th 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.},
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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-20th 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.
2007
Pełka-Gościniak, J.
Aesthetic and utility values of anthropogenic landforms: A case study of the Silesian Upland, Poland Proceedings
vol. 30, no. 2, 2007, ISSN: 03919838, (2).
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abstract = {In spite of being generally interpreted as landscape scars, man-made landforms in the urban-industrial areas of Silesia also provide positive benefits to local communities. In case of properly designed and implemented land reclamation can produce attractive aesthetic features and green space for recreation. Another most important function of these anthropogenic landforms is scientific education. They can be studied as positive instances of human transformation of the landscape and sites suitable for the demonstration of present-day geomorphic processes, which sometimes operate at scales unobserved at other locations. The paper cites examples from the Silesian Upland.},
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In spite of being generally interpreted as landscape scars, man-made landforms in the urban-industrial areas of Silesia also provide positive benefits to local communities. In case of properly designed and implemented land reclamation can produce attractive aesthetic features and green space for recreation. Another most important function of these anthropogenic landforms is scientific education. They can be studied as positive instances of human transformation of the landscape and sites suitable for the demonstration of present-day geomorphic processes, which sometimes operate at scales unobserved at other locations. The paper cites examples from the Silesian Upland.
2006
Pełka-Gościniak, J.
Restoring nature in mining areas of the Silesian Upland (Poland) Journal Article
In: Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, vol. 31, no. 13, pp. 1685-1691, 2006, ISSN: 01979337, (15).
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abstract = {The Silesian Upland is one of the most degraded areas in Poland owing to the long-lasting influence of mining and metallurgy. Mining influences every component of the environment in significant and diverse ways. But even in such a devastated terrain there is evidence of the proper management of post-mining areas and natural self-restoration, which paradoxically, owing to mining, appear in the most intensively used economic areas. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.},
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The Silesian Upland is one of the most degraded areas in Poland owing to the long-lasting influence of mining and metallurgy. Mining influences every component of the environment in significant and diverse ways. But even in such a devastated terrain there is evidence of the proper management of post-mining areas and natural self-restoration, which paradoxically, owing to mining, appear in the most intensively used economic areas. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.