The development of ductile shear zones within the Sowie Góry Metamorphic Complex (GSMC) has received relatively little attention in previous studies. This paper revisits this underexplored topic using results from new, detailed geological mapping conducted for seven sheets of the Detailed Geological Map of the Sudetes (SMGS), scale 1 : 25,000. The new mapping reveals no evidence for large-scale ductile shear zones characterized by typical mylonitic rocks with asymmetric kinematic indicators. Moreover, the complex origin and variable spatial orientation of numerous pegmatite veins challenge the widely accepted sequential (D1-D5) tectonometamorphic evolution of the Sowie Góry Metamorphic Complex. This particularly concerns the D4 deformation phase, and the kinematic scheme proposed by Żelaźniewicz (1987, 1990), which, based on the Riedel and Tschalenko model, assumes a meridional orientation of the maximum principal stress axis (G1) during D4. The present analysis suggests instead that the development of ductile shear zones in the Sowie Góry Metamorphic Complex reflects progressive, heterogeneous deformation dominated by general shear and strain partitioning processes, rather than a discrete D4 deformation phase during the Eo-Variscan (Hercynian) orogeny.
In this study, we present the results of detailed geological and geomorphological mapping combined with LiDAR-derived digital ter rain model (DTM) analyses and electrical resistivity tomography (ERT), which enabled the identification and interpretation of a previously unrecognized large landslide in the Ścinawka River Valley (Central Sudetes, SW Poland). The landslide covers an area of 37.4 ha and is the second-largest, non-anthropogenic landslide form documented so far in the Sudetes (SW Poland). The landslide developed within upper Carbonifer¬ous-lower Permian sedimentary rocks of the Ścinawka Anticline (Intra-Sudetic Synclinorium), in the vicinity of the Krajanów-Ścinawka Fault Zone. The landslide morphology is characterized by a long head scarp and a system of secondary scarps and internal benches, locally exhibiting back-tilting, particularly in the northern part of the colluvium. ERT imaging revealed pronounced resistivity contrasts interpreted as internally heterogeneous landslide colluvium composed of displaced sandstone and fine-grained packages with variable water content. The colluvium overlies more resistive bedrock, and the boundary between the units commonly shows a listric geometry, consistent with the slip-surfaces morphology inferred from surface observations and LiDAR-based terrain analysis. In addition, narrow subvertical low-resistivity zones were identified and interpreted as fault zones within the landslide basement. The combined geomorphic and geophysical evidence indicates predominantly rotational displacement and suggests that the landslide may locally exhibit a compound character. Our results highlight the key role of lithological contrasts (i.e. massif anisotropy) and tectonic structures in controlling the development of large landslide forms in the Sudetes, and demonstrate the value of integrating detailed geological mapping, LiDAR-based geomorphometry, and ERT imaging to resolve landslide internal architecture and slip-surface geometry.
As part of the tasks of the Polish Geological Survey, the 2nd edition of the Detailed Geological Map of the Sudetes (SMGS), scale 1 : 25,000, was started in 2019. Within this edition, the Walim and Pieszyce sheets of the SMGS 1 : 25,000 was completeda. This also includes an area of the Wielka Sowa Mountain Massif (MGWS). The aim of this paper is to present a new detailed cartographic picture for a selected part of the Sowie Góry [Owl Mountains] Metamorphic Complex (MKS). A the end of the 19th century, Da the began systematic cartographic work in the MKS as part of the production of several sheets of the Geologische Karte von Preussen und benachbarten Bundesstaaten 1: 25,000. A review of previous cartographic studies of the MKS and the MGWS area, leads to the conclusion that researchers (Da the, Grocholski, Żelaźniewicz, Cymerman) presented significantly different cartographic pictures of the MKS. This was due to the poor and very irregular exposure of the MGWS area, as well as the extreme heterogeneity of the mapped rock assemblage of the MKS. The new geological mapping of the MGWS area is at contradiction to the mapping picture of Żelaźniewicz, which ignored the intense, yet extremely heterogeneous migmatitic processes occurring within the MKS. In addition, Żelaźniewicz s cartographic mapping with assumed interfering, sequential macrofolding is unrealistic in the light of the earlier mapping works on the MKS area by German (Da the) and Polish geologists (Grocholski, Kryza).
Post-orogenic, post-collisional, intracontinental Permian-Carboniferous volcanism in the Sudetes, Central Europe, marked the transition from the Variscan Orogeny to the continental rifting in the eastern central Pangea. The volcanic rocks are part of volcano-sedimentary successions found in the Intra-Sudetic and North-Sudetic synclinoria. Between 313-287 Ma and culminating around 299 Ma, magmas originated from subduction-modified mantle sources and evolved in crustal magma chambers yielding rhyolitic ignimbrites and lavas with less widespread rocks of andesitic and trachyandesitic compositions. The older volcanic rocks reveal supra-subduction geochemical characteristics, while the younger ones show more pronounced within-plate signatures. Several tens of volcanic centres formed in the region, including lava fields, shield volcanoes, large rhyolite extrusions, ignimbrite caldera, maars and tuff rings, and numerous laccoliths and sills. Volcanic edifices underwent substantial erosion and supplied volcanogenic detritus into local depositional systems, while the caldera acted as an intrabasinal depositional centre. The volcanic rocks are significantly affected by post-volcanic and, mostly, diagenetic alteration. In recent years the extinct Permian-Carboniferous volcanoes became more widely recognized as regional nature attraction and part of the UNESCO Global Geoparks network.
As part of the ongoing tasks of the Polish Geological Survey, the second edition of the Detailed Geological Map of the Sudetes Mountains (SMGS) at a scale of 1 : 25,000 was initiated in 2019. Within this framework, the Walim sheet was completed, encompassing the area of the Włodarz Mountain Massif (MGW). This paper pres¬ents a new, detailed geological map of a selected portion of the Sowie Góry (Owl Mountains) Metamorphic Complex (MKS). Systematic geological mapping of the MKS began in the late 19th century, with Dathe ’s contributions to several sheets of the Geologische Karte von Preussen und benachbarten Bundesstaaten at a 1 : 25,000 scale. A review of past cartographic studies covering the MKS and MGW areas reveals considerable discrepancies in geological interpretations by various authors, including Dathe, Finckh, Grocholski, Żelaźniewicz, and Cymerman. These differences largely reflect the region s poor exposure conditions and the extreme lithological heterogeneity of the MKS. The new mapping results for the MGW area stand in contrast to those of Żelaźniewicz, particularly regarding the role of migmatitic processes. The revised inter¬pretation highlights the intensity and diversity of migmatization, which were previously understated. Moreover, the concept of sequential, large-scale folding structures proposed by Żelaźniewicz appears incompatible with earlier German and Polish mapping efforts (Dathe, Finckh, Grocholski, Kryza).
The second Polish edition of the Detailed Geological Map of the Sudetes (SMGS) at a scale of 1 : 25,000 was initiated with seven map sheets: Zagórze Śląskie, Walim, Pieszyce, Jugów, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, Nowa Ruda, and Ostroszowice. These sheets cover the Sowie Góry Metamorphic Complex, a key geological unit in the Central Sudetes. This abstract summarizes the results presented in seven chapters, comparing the newly compiled maps of the second edition with older cartographic data. In the updated geological interpretation of the Zagórze Śląskie, Walim, Pieszyce, and Ostroszowice sheets, stromatitic migmatites are the dominant lithological variety, with nebulitic migmatites occurring less frequently. The latter are most prominent in the Jugów, Ludwikowice Kłodzkie, and Nowa Ruda sheets. Schlieren migmatites are particularly common in the Pieszyce, Ostroszowice, and Ludwikowice Kłodzkie areas, while homogenized migmatites occur notably in the Pieszyce and Walim sheets. Additional migmatite types were also identified. Other mapped lithologies include granitic gneisses, various gneisses (aplitic, leptitic, layered, mylonitic), along with mylonites, ultramylonites, and phyllonites. Several units remain unresolved in terms of cartographic classification. The map also documents mafic and ultramafic rocks, including gabbros, hyperites, serpentinites, and amphibolites, as well as several distinct types of vein rocks.
The paper presents geological implications of new results of biostratigraphic studies (mainly palynostratigraphic) of Carboniferous rocks from the central part of the Sudetes. They brought important changes in stratigraphy, most often showing younger age of studied rocks than it was believed earlier. The onset of sedimentation in the Intra-Sudetic Basin, initially in the continental environment, was not earlier than in the middle Visean. Marine sediments, previously considered to be a manifesta¬tion of the Late Viseanian transgression, were found to be diachronic (from the late Visean to the Namurian C). Among profiles of the Szczawno Formation and its lithologic equivalents that were previously considered to be Upper Visean, only two profiles: Ptasia Góra in the Intra-Sudetic Basin and Paprotnia in the Bardo Unit, represent the uppermost Visean. Most of the other profiles from the Wałbrzych region turned out to represent the Namurian A (Serpukhovian) or even Namurian B and C (Bashkirian age) in the case of some profiles in the Sowie Mountains Massif. The late Visean-early Namurian (Serpukhovian) age range also encompasses marine mudstones from the southern part of the Świebodzice Unit, which were previously considered Late Devonian. This discovery is of great importance for the model of development of the Świebodzice Unit. Consequently, the timing of the marine sedimentation in different geological units of the middle part of the Sudetes should be revised. The coal bearing rocks of the Wałbrzych Formation, analysed in the study, are of Namurian A (upper Serpukhovian and lower Bashkirian) age. The Biały Kamień Formation was included in the Namurian B and C and Westphalian A (Bashkirian), the Żacler Formation - in the Westphalian A-C (Bashkirian and Moscovian), and the Glinik Formation - in the Westphalian D(?). The documentation of successive miospore zones from VF to OT(?) indicates that there are no stratigraphic gaps in the Upper Visean-Westphalian D (?) interval in the Intra-Sudetic Basin. The problem of the chronostratigraphic significance of miospores dating the Walchia shales in the Intra-Sudetic Basin and the need to reinterpret the location of the Carboniferous/Permian boundary are also discussed.
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Celem niniejszej pracy jest przedstawienie wybranych aspektów występowania oraz wykorzystania wód leczniczych w Sudetach, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem uzdrowiska Lądek-Zdrój jako reprezentatywnego przykładu. Omówiono uwarunkowania geologiczne sprzyjające obecności wód leczniczych w regionie, ich typologię, genezę oraz parametry fizykochemiczne. Przeanalizowano również aktualny stan eksploatacji i zastosowania wód w balneoterapii, z podkreśleniem ich znaczenia w leczeniu różnych schorzeń. Szczególną uwagę poświęcono cechom hydrogeologicznym i składowi chemicznemu wód lądeckich, które ze względu na obecność radonu, fluoru i siarkowodoru mają szerokie zastosowanie lecznicze. Wnioski wskazują na wysokie znaczenie gospodarcze i terapeutyczne zasobów wód leczniczych Sudetów oraz potrzebę ich zrównoważonego wykorzystania.
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The aim of this paper is to present selected aspects of the occurrence and utilization of medicinal waters in the Sudetes, with a particular focus on the spa town of Lądek-Zdrój as a representative example. The study discusses geological conditions favouring the presence of medicinal waters, their typology, origin, and physicochemical parameters. It also analyzes the current state of exploitation and the use of these waters in balneotherapy, emphasizing their relevance in the treatment of various diseases. Special attention is given to the hydrogeological features and chemical composition of the waters in Lądek-Zdrój, which-due to the presence of radon, fluoride, and hydrogen sulphide-re widely applied in therapeutic practices. The conclusions highlight the economic and medical significance of Sudetes' medicinal waters and the importance of their sustainable use.
In the years 2018-2019, in Lądek-Zdrój, about 700 metres northwest of the existing thermal water intakes, a well was drilled to a depth of 2.5km. TheinvestorwastheMunicipalityofLądek-Zdrójandthewellislocatedwithin the mining area designated for the structure of therapeutic thermal waters. The article presents the results of the work and research conducted (petrographic, thermal conductivity and permeability of rocks, concentration of radioactive elements, physicochemical properties of water, pumping test, etc.). Potentially, the well's discharge rate could be approximately 60 m3/h with a depression of about 70 metres. During the pumping test, the impact of the LZT-1 well on the spa intakes was observed. As a result, complete hydrodynamic tests were not performed, and the exploitable resources of this intake were not determined. The temperature at the bottom of the heated (period of time once mud circulation has stopped) well is 58.9oC, and the water exhibits properties similar to the therapeutic thermal waters used in the health resort. Long-term observations and studies of the regime of the Lądek-Zdrój thermal water deposit show that the development of optimal operating parameters for the LZT-1 well and spa intakes would make it possible to increase in the total amount of extracted water by approximately 25%, as well as with a higher temperature. This would enable the utilization of the heat from all intakes. Unfortunately, the well remains unused to this day.
Przedmiotem badań w niniejszej pracy była ochrona zachowanych budynków wiejskiej, drewnianej architektury regionalnej na obszarze Sudetów, o konstrukcji wieńcowej w kontekście podwyższenia izolacyjności termicznej ich przegród zewnętrznych. Badaniami objęto budynki drewniane i drewniano-murowane. W artykule omówiono główne problemy związane z ocieplaniem ścian wieńcowych drewnianych budynków regionalnych zlokalizowanych w Sudetach, ze wskazaniem uwarunkowań prawnych, architektonicznych i budowlanych, wpływających na wybór sposobu ocieplenia. W pracy przeanalizowano również historycznie stosowane sposoby ocieplenia i ich rozwój w czasie.
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The subject of research in this work was the protection of preserved rural buildings, wooden regional architecture in the Sudetes region, with the timber walls structure in the context of increasing the thermal insulation of their external partitions. The research covered wooden and wood-and-brick buildings. The article discusses the main problems related to the insulation of timber walls of wooden regional buildings located in the Sudety Mountains, with an indication of the legal, architectural and construction conditions affecting the choice of insulation method. The paper also analyzes historically used different methods of wall insulation and their development over time.
Mobilność w miejskich obszarach funkcjonalnych opiera się na codziennych przejazdach między miastem-rdzeniem i jego otoczeniem. Zdecydowanie dominującym kierunkiem mobilności są dojazdy do rdzenia z obszarów sąsiadujących z nim związane z miejscem pracy, edukacji lub chęcią skorzystania z usług zlokalizowanych w rdzeniu. Istotnym wyzwaniem polityki regionalnej jest zapewnienie zrównoważonej mobilności w obszarach funkcjonalnych, pozwalającej na racjonalne gospodarowanie przestrzenią z jednoczesnym ograniczaniem kongestii w miastach. Planowanie zrównoważonego transportu zbiorowego obsługującego codzienne potoki związane z pracą lub edukacją, jak obsługa ruchu turystycznego, stanowią przedmiot analiz planistów transportu. Celem artykułu jest przedstawienie autorskiej koncepcji zrównoważonej mobilności w obszarze funkcjonalnym Jeleniej Góry. Obszar ten stanowi zarówno przestrzeń codziennego przemieszczenia się do rdzenia z obszarów sąsiedzkich, ale także dodatkowych przemieszczeń turystów odwiedzających Sudety. Obszar funkcjonalny Jeleniej Góry został wyznaczony w oparciu o opisane w artykule zasady delimitacji, bazujące na wyznaczeniu obszaru codziennych powiązań funkcjonalnych między Jelenią Górą i jej otoczeniem. Przy tworzeniu koncepcji zastosowane zostało oprogramowanie PTV VISUM, pozwalające m.in. na optymalizację planowania makroskalowego, w tym wykorzystanie wykresów ruchu do zarządzania rozkładem jazdy. W rezultacie możliwe było określenie najważniejszych połączeń transportu zbiorowego wykorzystujących istniejącą w obszarze infrastrukturę transportową. Przedstawione w tej pracy założenia i idee mają na celu zwrócenie uwagi na najważniejsze potrzeby mobilności oraz możliwości wykorzystania narzędzi analitycznych w celu zaplanowania jak najbardziej efektywnego systemu regionalnego transportu zbiorowego.
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Mobility in functional urban areas relies on daily trips between the city-core and its surroundings. The definitely dominant direction of mobility is commuting to the core from neighboring areas related to the place of work, education or the need of services provided in the core. An important challenge of the regional policy is to ensure sustainable mobility in functional areas, allowing for rational management of space while reducing congestion in cities. Planning of sustainable collective transport that serves daily flows related to work or education, as well as servicing tourist traffic are the subject of analyzes made by transport planners. The purpose of the article is to present the author’s concept of sustainable mobility in the functional area of Jelenia Góra. This area is both a space for daily movement to the core from neighboring areas, but also for additional movements of tourists visiting the Sudety Mountains. The functional area of Jelenia Góra was designated based on the delimitation rules described in the article, in accordance with the determination of the area of everyday functional connections between Jelenia Góra and its surroundings. PTV VISUM software was used to create the concept for optimizing macro-scale planning, including the use of traffic charts for timetable management. As a result, it was possible to determine the most important public transport connections using the transport infrastructure existing in the area. The assumptions and ideas presented in this work are intended to draw attention to the most important needs of mobility and the possibility of using analytical tools to plan the most effective system of regional collective transport.
In the years 2020-2022, the authors conducted research on the activity concentration of 222 Rn in the groundwater of the eastern part of the Izera metamorphic unit. As a result, they found potentially medicinal radon waters in hornfelses of the eastern part of the Szklarska Poręba band. The value measured in one of the water samples appeared to be the highest activity concentration of 222Rn in groundwater of Poland so far - 3368 ±61 Bq/dm3. The authors also found that outflows of potentially medicinal radon waters account for almost 85.5% (47 out of 55) of all groundwater outflows in the study area. Thanks to the large amount of data obtained, the authors calculated a new value of the hydrogeochemical back-ground of 222 Rn in the groundwater of the Izera metamorphic unit. The background is currently 17-890 Bq/dm3. In Poland, higher values have only been reported of the Lądek-Śnieżnik metamorphic unit. The research results also open the way to the possible creation of a modern radon spa in Szklarska Poręba. It could operate in Biała Dolina on the basis of both previously found resources of radon waters of the Karkonosze granite and the radon waters forming within the eastern part of the Izera metamorphic unit.
The abandoned Klecza–Radomice gold mining area in the Kaczawskie Mountains is prospective for new occurrences of vein-type gold deposits. Research of sulphide ore samples from old mining wastes confirmed a rich gold abundance in this area. Chemical bulk-rock analyses proved a high content of gold (up to 60 ppm Au) and a common occurrence of microscopic gold (mainly electrum). The application of geophysical VLF surveys showed a number of linear anomalies indicating the possibility of the emergence of new ore veins between the areas of former mining exploitation. This area is very promising for gold prospecting and should be the subject of further geophysical research using the induced polarization method (IP), and verified by shallow prospecting drillings. Execution of this type of comprehensive exploration and research work would open a completely new stage of prospecting for primary gold deposits in the Sudetes.
Początki budowy zapór i elektrowni wodnych w Sudetach związane są z tworzeniem na początku XX wieku sieci zbiorników wodnych, które miały zabezpieczać przed powodziami. Budowa systemu zabezpieczeń w dolinach rzecznych stała się programem rządowym Rzeszy Niemieckiej po katastrofalnych powodziach z końca XIX wieku. W ramach tego programu, powstała w 1901 roku pierwsza zapora z elektrownią wodną, na rzece Kwisie, w Leśnej. Po niej do wybuchu I wojny światowej powstały jeszcze 4 kolejne w Złotnikach na Kwisie, w Pilchowicach na Bobrze oraz w Lubachowie na Bystrzycy. Dziś te stare niemieckie elektrownie nadal działają. Ale są też nowe, obok zniszczonej w czasie wojny elektrowni Bobrowice III wybudowano w 2008 roku elektrownię wodną Bobrowice IV, która nawet architekturą nawiązuje do innych elektrowni wodnych w rejonie Jeleniej Góry.
Chełmiec is a hydrothermal vein-type carbonate-sulphide deposit in the Kaczawa Mountains, where polymetallic Cu-Ni±Co±Ag±Bi mineralization occurs. Samples, collected from an old dump of the Hintermühlergang vein, were studied by reflected light microscopy and electron microprobe. Two mineral parageneses, Ni-Co±Bi and Cu-Zn-Pb±Sb±Ag, associated with two stages of precipitation, were discovered in samples from the Chełmiec deposit. The first stage is associated with quartz, and is represented by pyrite, arsenopyrite, gersdorffite, cobaltite, bismuth minerals (native Bi, bismuthinite, and matildite), pyrrhotite, marcasite and chalcopyrite. The second stage associated with siderite and quartz is represented by sulphides (sphalerite, chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite), tetrahedrite group minerals [tetrahedrite-(Fe), tetrahedrite-(Zn), tennantite-(Zn), and argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)], gersdorffite and bournonite. Two generations of sulpharsenides were discovered in the samples studied. The first is represented by massive gersdorffite-cobaltite aggregates, the second generation occurs as tiny zoned gersdorffite crystals. Sulpharsenides are characterized locally by presence of high amounts of As (up to 1.55 apfu). Silver in the Chełmiec ores is hosted mainly in tetrahedrite group minerals [from 0.07 to 2.07 apfu in tetrahedrite – (Zn) and -(Fe), and from 4.37 to 4.90 apfu in argentotetrahedrite-(Fe)], less in matildite. In the Sudetes, the presence of massive sulpharsenides is rare, whereas freibergite is much more common.
The paper presents the results of research on the landslide distribution according to the administrativ subdivision of the Sudetes (SW Poland). It is the first comprehensive analysis of this problem for the Polish part of the Sudetes, which is based on the published data, cartographic materials and spatial databases. The index of landslide occurrence for each county has been calculated, and the number and types of buildings and roads located on landslides have been distinguished. The results were used for preliminary identification of hazards, which, in turn, provide information for the county governments, on various levels, useful for spatial planning and practical risk management.
W artykule przedstawiono warunki występowania wód leczniczych na Dolnym Śląsku zwracając szczególną uwagę na specyfikę tego obszaru. Omówiono wielowiekową historię wykorzystywania dolnośląskich wód leczniczych oraz obecny stan udokumentowania ich zasobów. Na Dolnym Śląsku występuje wiele rodzajów wód leczniczych, m.in. szczawy, wody radonowe i lecznicze wody termalne, a także ich mieszaniny (szczawy termalne, szczawy radonowe). Wody te zawierają także szereg składników swoistych, takich jak żelazo, fluorki, kwas metakrzemowy i siarkowodór. Złoża tych wód w największym nagromadzeniu występują w Sudetach. Na obszarze bloku przedsudeckiego i monokliny przedsudeckiej są mniej liczne. Aktualnie na Dolnym Śląsku znajduje się 20 złóż wód leczniczych, z czego w 2020 r. wody wydobywano z 10 z nich. Wody lecznicze Dolnego Śląska są wykorzystywane głównie w balneoterapii i rozlewnictwie, także w rekreacji oraz do wytwarzania kosmetyków i produkcji naturalnego CO2. W artykule poruszono także najważniejsze zagadnienia związane z dokumentowaniem zasobów eksploatacyjnych ujęć wód leczniczych na Dolnym Śląsku.
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The article discusses the conditions of the occurrence of medicinal waters in Lower Silesia, paying special attention to the specificity of this area. The centuries-old history of the use of healing waters and the current state of documenting their resources are presented. There are many types of healing waters in Lower Silesia, incl. sorrel, radon and healing thermal waters, as well as their mixtures (thermal sorrel, radon sorrel).These waters also contain a number of specific components such as iron, fluorides, metasilicic acid and hydrogen sulfide.The deposits of these waters are mostly concentrated in the Sudetes.They are less numerous in the area of the Fore-Sudetic Block and the Fore-Sudetic Monocline.Currently, there are 20 healing water deposits in Lower Silesia, of which, in 2020, water was extracted from 10 of them.The curative waters of Lower Silesia are used mainly in balneotherapy and bottling, also for the production of cosmetics and the production of natural CO2.The article also deals with the most important issues related to documenting the exploitation resources of the Lower Silesian healing water intakes.
Geochemical studies of CO2-rich therapeutic waters in the Sudetes have provided new data on a wide range of trace elements, going beyond standard chemical analyses of such waters. A consistent set of physicochemical data obtained using the same analytical methods was subjected to statistical analyses, including hierarchical clustering, factor analysis and nonparametric tests (Kruskal-Wallis, Tau Kendall), to reveal geochemical relationships between physicochemical and chemical parameters in the waters, and their relationships with the aquifer lithology. Distinct differences in the composition of waters found in crystalline rocks (mainly gneisses and mica schists) and sedimentary rocks were identified. The wide range of elements can be associated with the hydrolysis of silicate minerals, including alkali and alkali earth metals (Li, Na, K, Rb, Cs, Be) and (mostly) transition elements (Fe, Mn, Zn, Co, W, Mg). Carbonate equilibria are the next important factor as it determines the aggressiveness of the water towards the minerals of aquifer rocks and affects the concentrations of numerous solutes. The probable common origin of chlorides, bromides and sulphates together with Li, Na, Sr may be related to the relict saline component of deep circulating waters, a hypothesis that requires further investigations.
Obszar Geoparku Kraina Wygasłych Wulkanów obejmuje część górską (sudecką) i przedgórską. W granicach geoparku znajdują się część Gór Kaczawskich, mających cechy gór niskich oraz część Pogórza Kaczawskiego. Mimo niewielkich wysokości bezwzględnych, rzeźba terenu jest różnorodna pod względem morfologicznym i genetycznym, a zróżnicowanie w dużej mierze nawiązuje do złożonej budowy geologicznej obszaru. Wyróżniające się zespoły form to wzniesienia i grzbiety twardzielcowe, zbudowane ze skał wulkanicznych wieku permskiego i kenozoicznego oraz elementy rzeźby krawędziowej (kuesty) rozwiniętej na permskich i mezozoicznych skałach osadowych. Wśród wzniesień zbudowanych z bazaltów część ma charakter neków. Do odpornościowego zróżnicowania podłoża nawiązują także przełomy rzeczne. Georóżnorodność obszaru uzupełniają formy skałkowe i odziedziczone formy środowiska peryglacjalnego, osuwiska, formy krasowe, przełomy rzeczne związane z reorganizacją sieci odwodnienia po zaniku lądolodu skandynawskiego oraz formy antropogeniczne, głównie związane z działalnością górniczą. Liczne miejsca wyróżniające się pod względem rzeźby mają charakter geostanowisk i są zagospodarowane geoturystycznie lub planowane do takiego zagospodarowania w przyszłości.
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The area of Land of Extinct Volcanoes Geopark can be divided into a mountainous (located in the Sudetes Mountains) and a fore-mountain part. Within the former are the low-altitude range of the Kaczawskie Mountains and the hilly land of the Kaczawskie Foothills. Despite their low altitude, morphology is very diverse in terms of both appearance and origin, reflecting to a large extent the complex geological structure of the region. The most distinctive landforms include lithologically-controlled hills and ridges built of Permian and Cenozoic volcanic rocks, as well as cuesta landforms developed on Permian and Mesozoic sedimentary rocks. Among basaltic hills many are necks. Variable rock resistance is also reflected by the occurrence of fluvial gorges. Further components of regional geodiversity are tors and crags, inherited periglacial landforms, landslides, karst phenomena, water gaps caused by drainage reorganization during Scandinavian ice-sheet decay, and anthropic landforms caused by mining activities. Numerous localities of geomorphological significance may play a role of geosites and are either already developed as local geotourist destinations or planned to be developed in the future.