Geotourism / Geoturystyka
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ISSN 1731-0830
e-ISSN: 2353-3641
Issue Date
2010
Volume
Number
No. 2 (21)
Description
Journal Volume
Geotourism / Geoturystyka
(2010)
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Articles
Zamki znad jezior Rożnowskiego i Czchowskiego jako geoturystyczne lapidaria i rola piaskowców istebniańskich w ich powstaniu
(2010) Cieszkowski, Marek; Waśkowska-Oliwa, Anna
On the Rożnów Foothils area, at the Rożnów and Czchów artificial lakes, a few usually ruined castles are located. This historical and recently monumental defensive objects emerged mainly in the Middle Ages. These Castles, are located on exposures of the Upper Cretaceous Istebna Beds. The Istebna Sandsones constitutes also natural local construction raw materials. The Istebna Beds are involved in the structure of the Silesian Nappe, one of the main Outer Carpathian tectonic units. The original walls of castles with their geological enclosing are geoturistic attractions of the Rożnów Land. They could be also a kind of lapidarium. In their walls are exposed specimens of the sandstone lithotypes typical for the Istebna Beds.
Wybrane modele ekoturystyki na obszarach przyrodniczo cennych w Polsce
(2010) Machnik, Aleksandra
Sustainable tourism is nowadays preferred by professional and informal groups concerned about nature protection and as well the tourist management sector. Moreover, tourists more often decide to choose ecologically orientedforms of leisure and holidays, what raises theirs demands toward tour-operators. Sustainable tourism and especially its core - ecotourism - is strongly orientatedfor both - local nature and local community. Paper contains a short review of some chosen models of developing ecotourism in protected and nature valuable areas - adapting model, sophisticated model, educational and family model. They were constructed according to the tourist attitude towards nature and heritage and also the activity of local community. Such factors like time for leisure and holidays or educational impact were also taken into consideration. However the most important was the tourist - his former experiences, level of knowledge and involvement as well as his expectations.
Problem niewykorzystanego potencjału dawnych kamieniołomów na przykładzie Wieżycy i Chwałkowa (Dolny Śląsk)
(2010) Krawczyk, Elżbieta; Lorenc, Marek Wojciech
The proper development of abandoned mine workings is the aesthetic, environmental and economic problem. Abandoned quarries are subjected to natural remediation by reconstruction of groundwater table and expansion of plants. Troubles arise when abandoned quarries become illegal landfills and when steep, commonly vertical, unprotected walls, and/or deep reservoirs may become lethal traps. However, the same, hazardous elements: walls and reservoirs can be attractions for both the local residents and the tourists. Values of abandoned quarries were appreciated and developed in the past with positive effects. The authors present examples of two quarries from the vicinity of Ślęża in Lower Silesia, which should encourage us to consider such sites as elements of local economy and to perceive their undeveloped potential.
Szlachtowski obszar eksploatacji kruszców jako element projektowanego geoparku »Pieniny«
(2010) Bartuś, Tomasz; Kuś, Tomasz
One of the most interesting objects of the future Pieniny geopark would be the Jarmuta and Patkowski stream adits. Traces of the mining heritage of an exploitation area of Szlachtowa ore are characterized by high scientific, historical, educational and cognitive values. The extraction of ore minerals which took place probably from XIV to XVIII century was connected with presence of polymetallic veins and hydrothermal processes around the andesite intrusions of the Eastern Polish part of the Pieniny Andesite Line (PAL). Historical mines exploited epithermal, poor gold-silver deposites. The land use within the Pieniny Geopark might contribute to reduction in tourist flows in the most popular and crowded parts of the Pieniny Mts
How to find a gold on the touristic path - a gold-mining in the Tatra Mts.
(2010) Gawęda, Aleksandra
Gold mineralization is known in the Tatra Mts from the 15th century. The historical mining places could be indentified along the present-day touristic paths, which were used in the past as miner's roads. Both gold occurrence and genetically connected antimony mineralization are located in the flat-lying mylonitic zones, dipping 5-10 degree to NW, cutting the Tatra granite. Mylonites are mineralized by quartz and albite. The famous gold-mining galleries are known from Krywań Mt., where gold and antimonite could be found inside quartz veins straight on the touristic path until now. The important sources of gold were also the secondary fluvioglacial deposits. Gold from the Tatra Mts, regardless its origin - both primary and secondary - is of good quality, with Ag content in the range of 1.2-14.8 wt.%. Locally the veinlets of electrum are also observed. Gold in the Tatra Mts. is associated with antimonite. Its crystals are usually coated with secondary antimony oxides and hydroxides. The historical gold-mining places could be of special importance for geotouristic purposes, as they bring the information about both histories of human mining activity in the mountains and about the geological processes, forming the ores, which released the people's strongest emotions for a few thousand years.