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A New Geosite as a Contribution to the Sustainable Development of Urban Geotourism in a Tourist Peripheral Region—Central Poland [PDF]

open access: yesResources, 2023
The article presents a new geosite in a small provincial town in central Poland. It contains twelve Scandinavian erratic boulders from the area, deposited by the Pleistocene ice sheet about 130,000 years ago.
Maria Górska-Zabielska   +1 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Scandinavian Erratics in the Cultural Heritage Sites of Western Poland [PDF]

open access: yesLand
In north-western Poland, cultural and historical structures were erected using erratic boulders of Scandinavian origin. These structures have yet to be subjected to detailed analysis with the aim of determining their origin, type of erratic boulders and ...
Maria Górska-Zabielska   +1 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Age of the Ordovician sedimentary succession in Lumparn Bay, Åland Islands, Finland [PDF]

open access: yesEstonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2023
Depression of the ancient Lumparn meteorite impact structure in the Åland Islands is partly infilled with the lower Palaeozoic sediments, lying presently below sea level. The Cambrian and Ordovician sedimentary cover is distributed in the area of 15 km2,
Leho Ainsaar, Tõnu Meidla
doaj   +3 more sources

The deep accumulation of 10Be at Utsira, southwestern Norway: Implications for cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating in peripheral ice sheet landscapes [PDF]

open access: yesGeophysical Research Letters, 2016
Cosmogenic nuclide exposure dating is a widely used method for constraining past ice sheet histories. We scrutinize a recently published data set of cosmogenic 10Be data from erratic boulders in Norway used to constrain the deglaciation of the western ...
Jason P. Briner   +3 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Distribution of the order Proetida (Trilobita) in Baltoscandian Ordovician strata [PDF]

open access: yesEstonian Journal of Earth Sciences, 2009
The trilobite order Proetida forms a minor but important faunal element within the Ordovician strata of Baltoscandia. This review follows the current systematic, taxonomic, and stratigraphical usage and discusses the distribution of these trilobites ...
Pärnaste, Helje   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

THE MOST VALUABLE ERRATIC BOULDERS IN THE WIELKOPOLSKA REGION OF WESTERN POLAND AND THEIR POTENTIAL TO PROMOTE GEOTOURISM [PDF]

open access: yesGeo Journal of Tourism and Geosites, 2020
In the present paper, twelve erratic boulders in the Wielkopolska region of western Poland are described in detail, indicating their Scandinavian source area, location, form of protection, petrographic type and morphology.
Maria GÓRSKA-ZABIELSKA
doaj   +1 more source

NEWLY DISCOVERED MASSIVE GLACIAL BOULDER IN NORTHWESTERN POLAND: IMPLICATIONS AND PROSPECTS FOR SUSTAINABLE REGIONAL GROWTH [PDF]

open access: yesGeo Journal of Tourism and Geosites
The aim is to recognise the importance and role of geodiscovery as part of a wider sustainable local development strategy to benefit residents and tourists alike.
Maria GÓRSKA-ZABIELSKA
doaj   +1 more source

Geosystem Services of Erratic Boulders in Selected Regions of Central Poland

open access: yesResources
Scandinavian erratic boulders in central Poland represent a significant element of the region’s geodiversity, fulfilling important natural, scientific, and cultural functions.
Maria Górska-Zabielska, Anna Łubek
doaj   +1 more source

Wartanian glacial sediments: insights into deglaciation of Polish Lowlands and Highlands border for geotourism

open access: yesMiscellanea Geographica: Regional Studies on Development
This paper presents five sites located in the marginal zone of the Wartanian stadial within the Odranian Glaciation (MIS6a) on the border of the Central Polish Uplands and Lowlands, representing different glacial forms and geological structures: terminal
Górska-Zabielska Maria   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Lichens and associated fungi from Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. [PDF]

open access: yesLichenologist (Lond), 2020
Spribille T   +12 more
europepmc   +1 more source

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