The Geoenvironmental Map of Poland is dedicated to the most important issues related to the effective management of mineral resources, in the context of both already documented deposits and the perspective base for individual minerals. The information collected on the map is presented in the context of environmental conditions that may significantly affect the possibility of exploitation minerals. The three editions of the Geoenvironmental Map of Poland cover a total of 3,255 sheets A and 2,170 sheets B, available in analogue and digital form, usingweb services and tools. Free and easy access, aswellasawidecross-section of data, makes the Geoenvironmental Map of Poland can realistically support the activities ofgeological administration atthe poviat and voivodship levels.
Environmental geology deals with many issues closely relatedto the life of human beings. The most important directions of environmentalgeology developed in Poland include: geochemical mapping, environmental protection and waste management programs, and reclamation projects.Cartographic research was conducted using an appropriate scale of work, which enabled the determination of the geochemical background andanomalies throughout the whole country, in selected urban-industrialregions and in specific locations. Valuable information for the environment was also collected as a digital database in the form of a map at 1:50,000scale. Environmental protection programs are among the tools used to implement environmental protection policy at the level of administration of the commune, poviat and voivodship. When developing a document, the assessment of the state of the components of the environment is of key importance, as it is used to plan environmental strategies. Scientific and environmental data are used for evaluation.They must be analyzed and interpreted by experts. In addition to environmental protection programs, the Polish Geological Institutealso develops other documents on environmental issues. As part of the reclamation, liquidation of place of storage of hazardous plantprotection products was carried out all over the country and soils and landfills were cleaned.
The damage zones of exhumed strike-slip faults dissecting Jurassic carbonates in the south-western part of the Late Palaeozoic Holy Cross Mountains Fold Belt reveal second-order faults and fractures infilled with syntectonic calcite. The subsequent development of a structural pattern of microscopic fault-related structures and calcite infillings reflects the activity of strike-slip faults that began in the Late Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) and lasted until the early Miocene (Langhian). The fabric of the syntectonic veins provides insights into the evolution of the permeable fault-related structures that were the main pathways for fluid flow during fault activity. Microstructural study of calcite veins coupled with stable isotope and fluid inclusion data indicates that calcite precipitated primarily in a rock-buffered system related to strike-slip fault movement, and secondarily in a partly open system related to the local activity of the releasing Chmielnik stepover or the uplift of the area. The presence of meteoric fluids descending from the surface into damage zones suggest that the strike-slip faulting might have taken place in a nonmarine, continental environment.
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