Malacofauna of Holocene cave sediments of the Cracow Upland (Poland)

• Autorzy: Alexandrowicz S. W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Sediments filling small karst forms developed within Jurassic limestones of the Ojców Plateau were described at 54 sites. They contain rich assemblages composed of 63 species of land snails and shells of slugs representing woodland, open-country and mesophile components. Seven of them dominate reaching highest values of constancy and domination. The composition of particular communities corresponds with the present-day fauna of molluscs living within the Cracow Upland. Snails described from loess and loess-like loam connected with the last glaciation were found in two localities while in all the others assemblages of molluscs typical of the Holocene occur. Sediments filling small and shallow rock shelters and rocky niches had been several times deposited, destroyed and removed before the youngest, mollusc-bearing ones accumulated during the Meso- and Neoholocene.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

malacofauna; cave sediments; Poland

PL

malakofauna; wyrobisko podziemne; Polska

• Wydawca: Polska Akademia Umiejętności
• Czasopismo: Folia Quaternaria
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: nr 71
• Strony: 85--112
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 31 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Alexandrowicz S. W.

• Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Kraków, Poland