Quaternary evolution of a Carpathian Foothills area: An example from the East Carpathians of Poland

The East Carpathian Foothills of Poland witnessed two episodes of relief planation in the Pliocene, followed by formation of Early Pleistocene strath terraces preserved on flat-topped meander spurs in the San River valley at altitudes of 100-120 m above recent floodplains. In the following stages, intense erosion produced of a flight of strath terraces that are provisionally dated to the Narevian or Sanian-1 (Menapian or Elsterian-1; 75-80 m), Sanian-2 (Elsterian-2; 40-60 m), Odranian and Wartanian (Drenthe, Warthe; 20-30 m), and Vistulian (Weichse- lian; 8-16 m) times. During glacial stages, solifluction deposits mantled the feet of gentle slopes being coeval with fluvial deposition and accumulation of loesses and loess-like sediments on either side of the San River valley, particularly intense in the Weichselian. Interglacial warmings fostered downcutting of the pre-existing fluvial sediments as well as formation of fossil soils within loess sequences and deposition of peat in abandoned channels. In the Late Pleistocene and at the beginning of the Holocene, diversified tectonic movements took place leading to displacement of Weichselian and Holocene straths. During the Holocene, in turn, cut-and-fill terrace steps were shaped, organogenic sediments filled abandoned channels and oxbow lakes, and slopes became re-modelled by landslides and slopewash. The pattern of different types of relief, together with spatial distribution of topolineaments and some photolineaments in the eastern portion of the Polish Outer Carpathians, has been shaped due to mutual interactions between climatic, lithologic and tectonic factors. Well-pronounced topolineaments either follow fault-related zones of weakness, are associated with dense network of extensional cross-fold joints, or indicate recent reactiva-tion of some faults and/or joint sets

An attempt to assess the modern and the Little Ice Age climatic snowline altitude in the Tatra Mountains

An empirical glacio-climatic relation (Ohmura et al., 1992) and meteorological data (temperature and precipitation) are employed to provide the elevation in the Tatra Mts. climate model, where conditions are suitable for hypothetical glacierisation (temperature-precipitation ELA). During the Little Ice Age (LIA) it is to have been 1.5 centigrade colder than during the warmest decades of the 20th century (Niedźwiedź, 2004); however, some scenarios are used to define precipitation amounts related to the vertical distribution in climate model and temporal variability. The results indicate that during both considered periods - the warmest decades of the 20th century and the coolest period of LIA - the climatic snowline (cSL) was placed in most cases above the highest Tatra Mts. summits and crests. However, its spatial arrangement was unequal. In the vicinity of Kasprowy Wierch, the modern cSL is assessed to be at ca. 2,450-2,650 m a.s.l. and that during LIA at ca. 2,300-2,450 m a.s.l. In the case of Lomnicky Štit (2,634 m) it was at the level of ca. 2,700–2,800 m a.s.l. (modern times) and ca. 2,600–2,700 m a.s.l. (LIA). The discrepancies in the cSL altitude between these two locations can be explained in part by exposition to the prevailing moisture transport and orographically-induced precipitation

ENDIS 4.0 jako odpowiedź na wymagania Przemysłu 4.0 w obszarze zasilania i sterowania dla górnictwa

This article presents a new product line for energy distribution and control ENDIS 4.0 from the perspective of the Industry 4.0 requirements implemented by Europe. The paper presents various variants of the technical solution and possibilities of configuration and quick reconfiguration. The authors also included their remarks and observations of the current level of implementation of the Industry 4.0 guide-lines in the Polish as well as world mining industries.W artykule przedstawiono nową linię produktową do rozdziału energii i sterowania ENDIS 4.0 z perspektywy wymagań Przemysł 4.0 stawianych przed Europą. W referacie zostały zaprezentowane różnorodne warianty technicznego rozwiązania oraz możliwości konfiguracji i szybkiej rekonfiguracji. Autorzy zawarli również swoje przemyślenia oraz obserwacje aktualnego stopnia wdrożenia wytycznych Przemysłu 4.0 w polskiej i światowej branży górniczej

Mobilne oświetlenie stacji osobowych i materiałowych kolejek podwieszonych

In this article, the authors present the Becker-Warkop company innovative technology development of mobile lighting for passenger and material stations as well as routes during the passage of a suspended monorail. As part of the paper, a technical solution was presented along with its configuration options. The paper also includes standard requirements along with a description of the experiences and good practices obtained during the implementation of this technology.W artykule przedstawiono opracowaną przez firmę Becker-Warkop sp. z o.o. innowacyjną technologię mobilnego oświetlenia stacji osobowych i materiałowych oraz trasy podczas przejazdu kolejek podwieszonych z napędem własnym. Omówiono rozwiązanie techniczne wraz z jego możliwościami konfiguracyjnymi, a także wymagania normowe wraz z opisem doświadczeń i dobrych praktyk pozyskanych podczas wdrożeń tej technologii

Mobile lighting of passenger and material monorails stations

W artykule przedstawiono opracowaną przez firmę Becker-Warkop sp. z o.o. innowacyjną technologię mobilnego oświetlenia stacji osobowych i materiałowych oraz trasy podczas przejazdu kolejek podwieszonych z napędem własnym. Omówiono rozwiązanie techniczne wraz z jego możliwościami konfiguracyjnymi, a także wymagania normowe wraz z opisem doświadczeń i dobrych praktyk pozyskanych podczas wdrożeń tej technologii.In this article, the authors present the Becker-Warkop company innovative technology development of mobile lighting for passenger and material stations as well as routes during the passage of a suspended monorail. As part of the paper, a technical solution was presented along with its configuration options. The paper also includes standard requirements along with a description of the experiences and good practices obtained during the implementation of this technology

ENDIS 4.0 as replay on requirements of Industry 4.0 in field of power supply and automation for mining

W artykule przedstawiono nową linię produktową do rozdziału energii i sterowania ENDIS 4.0 z perspektywy wymagań Przemysł 4.0 stawianych przed Europą. W referacie zostały zaprezentowane różnorodne warianty technicznego rozwiązania oraz możliwości konfiguracji i szybkiej rekonfiguracji. Autorzy zawarli również swoje przemyślenia oraz obserwacje aktualnego stopnia wdrożenia wytycznych Przemysłu 4.0 w polskiej i światowej branży górniczej.This article presents a new product line for energy distribution and control ENDIS 4.0 from the perspective of the Industry 4.0 requirements implemented by Europe. The paper presents various variants of the technical solution and possibilities of configuration and quick reconfiguration. The authors also included their remarks and observations of the current level of implementation of the Industry 4.0 guide-lines in the Polish as well as world mining industries

First site of Holocene faults in the Polish Outer Carpathians

The paper presents the first example of Holocene faults in the OuterWestern Carpathians in Poland. Small-scale normal faults at Koninki, Gorce Mts., cut both Palaeocene strata of the Ropianka Formation of the Magura Nappe and overlying coarse-clastic bedload facies of Holocene alluvium that builds a 5-5.5-high terrace step of a small valley. These NE-trending faults are accompanied by reorientation of clast a-b planes subparallel to fault planes and by clast fracturing. Such deformations must have been induced by relatively strong earthquakes, unknown from historical record of the Outer Carpathian seismicity. Fault attitude points to NW-oriented axis of the minimum principal stress, which is compatible with parameters of the present-day stress field in the Outer Western Carpathians of Poland

10Be surface exposure dating of the LGM ice surface lowering in the high Alps.

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Chronology of Lateglacial ice flow reorganization and deglaciation in the Gotthard Pass area, Central Swiss Alps, based on cosmogenic 10Be and in situ 14C

We reconstruct the timing of ice flow reconfiguration and deglaciation of the Central Alpine Gotthard Pass, Switzerland, using cosmogenic 10Be and in situ14C surface exposure dating. Combined with mapping of glacial erosional markers, exposure ages of bedrock surfaces reveal progressive glacier downwasting from the maximum LGM ice volume and a gradual reorganization of the paleoflow pattern with a southward migration of the ice divide. Exposure ages of ∼16–14 ka (snow corrected) give evidence for continuous early Lateglacial ice cover and indicate that the first deglaciation was contemporaneous with the decay of the large Gschnitz glacier system. In agreement with published ages from other Alpine passes, these data support the concept of large transection glaciers that persisted in the high Alps after the breakdown of the LGM ice masses in the foreland and possibly decayed as late as the onset of the Bølling warming. A younger group of ages around ∼12–13 ka records the timing of deglaciation following local glacier readvance during the Egesen stadial. Glacial erosional features and the distribution of exposure ages consistently imply that Egesen glaciers were of comparatively small volume and were following a topographically controlled paleoflow pattern. Dating of a boulder close to the pass elevation gives a minimum age of 11.1 ± 0.4 ka for final deglaciation by the end of the Younger Dryas. In situ14C data are overall in good agreement with the 10Be ages and confirm continuous exposure throughout the Holocene. However, in situ14C demonstrates that partial surface shielding, e.g. by snow, has to be incorporated in the exposure age calculations and the model of deglaciation