14 research outputs found

    The Holocene sedimentation history of Lake Vortsjärv, central Estonia

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    Lake Vortsjärv is one of the biggest lakes in Eastern Europe and possesses a complex geological history. Bottom deposits consist mostly of fine sand and silt, accompanied with sapropel (up to 9 m thick) and lake marl (up to 8 m thick). In places, especially in the northern part where the bottom deposits are absent, varved clay or till are exposed in the lake basin. In the southern part of the lake the deposits are much thicker, indicating a gradual rise of water-level. Like the majority of lakes in the Northern Hemisphere, Lake Vortsjärv possesses a more open eastern and a more swampy and overgrown western bank. Shore types and the lithological composition of shore sediments are varied and highly controlled by the bedrock and glacial deposits. Long-shore transport of sediments is limited. The mineral composition of bottom sediments shows great qualitative and quantitative variability which relates to the grain-size and petrography of the parent deposits. Organic-rich sapropel can be used in agriculture and evidently also for medicinal purposes

    Sustainable management of mineral resources, soil cover and geosites in Estonia

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    Konserwacja przyrody i ochrona dziedzictwa geologicznego mają już długą tradycję w Estonii. Pierwszy rezerwat przyrody został ustanowiony w 1910 r. W 1935 r. przyjęto pierwszą ustawę o ochronie przyrody. W 1995 r. parlament Estonii przyjął ustawę o zrównoważonym rozwoju, a w 1996 r. rząd zatwierdził Estońską Strategię Środowiskową. Chociaż niewielka, Estonia jest stosunkowo bogata w zasoby mineralne (łupki bitumiczne, fosforyty, torf, materiały budowlane itd.). Surowce te, wraz dużymi obszarami leśnymi (około 50% terytorium kraju) oraz wysoko produktywnym rolnictwem, będą podstawą gospodarki i wniosą duży wkład do dochodu narodowego. Podczas okupacji sowieckiej gleby Estonii poddane były poważnej degradacji. Około 1,9% terytorium Estonii wykorzystywane było na obiekty militarne. Tereny te są nadal silnie zanieczyszczone. Silny wzrost wydobycia surowców mineralnych także spowodował niekorzystny wpływ na środowisko. W niepodległej Republice Estonii konserwacja przyrody i ochrona bogactw mineralnych uzyskały pierwszorzędne znaczenie i ich sytuacja uległa poprawie

    Ancient buried valleys in the city of Tallinn and adjacent area

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    The distribution, morphology, fillings, and origin of buried valleys are discussed. The direction of the valleys varies from NW to NE. Within the Viru-Harju Plateau the valleys have a more or less symmetric profile, but asymmetric profiles are dominating in the pre-klint area. They are mainly filled with glacial (till), glaciofluvial (sand, gravel, and pebbles), glacio­lacustrine (varved clay), and marine (fine-grained sand) deposits. The Tallinn valley with its tributary valleys (Saku and Sausti) and fore-klint branches (Harku, Lilleküla, and Kadriorg) looks like a river system. The fore-klint branches extend over 20 km in the Gulf of Finland. They are probably tributaries of the ancient river Pra-Neva. Most likely, the formation of valleys was continuous, starting from pre-Quaternary river erosion, and was sculptured by variable processes during the ice ages and influenced by flowing water during the interglacial periods

    High-Power 1.48-μm Wafer-Fused Optically Pumped Semiconductor Disk Laser

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    An output power up to 5 W at 1.48- m wavelength is achieved from an optically pumped semiconductor disk laser. An active region composed of an AlGaInAs/InP heterostructure grown on an InP substrate was wafer fused with an AlGaAs/GaAs Bragg reflector grown on a GaAs substrate. An intracavity diamond heatspreader bonded to the gain structure surface provides efficient heat removal from the active element. The results further validate that the wafer fusion technique offers a flexible platform for high-power disk lasers in a wide wavelength range
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