The Miocene deep‐seated spontaneous coal‐seam fire in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (S Poland) and its geotectonic trigger mechanism

Terra Nova ◽  
2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jerzy Nawrocki ◽  
Justyna Ciesielczuk ◽  
Dominik Jura ◽  
Monika J. Fabiańska ◽  
Magdalena Misz‐Kennan
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Trigger Mechanism ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
S Poland

THE EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE ON THE SORPTION PROPERTIES OF COAL FROM UPPER SILESIAN COAL BASIN, POLAND / WPŁYW ZMIAN TEMPERATURY NA WŁASNOŚCI SORPCYJNE NA PODSTAWIE BADAŃ WYBRANYCH WĘGLI Z GÓRNOŚLĄSKIEGO ZAGŁĘBIA WĘGLOWEGO

2013 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 1163-1176 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mirosław Wierzbicki
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Sorption Capacity ◽  
Gravimetric Method ◽  
Geothermal Gradient ◽  
Effect Of Temperature ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Equilibrium Pressure ◽  
Rock Temperature ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Nonlinear Increase

Abstract This paper presents the results of studies on gas sorption performed by means of the gravimetric method. The tests were performed on two coal samples of different metamorphism degrees, came from two regions of Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland. The changes in sorption capacity of coals were measured in the pressure range from 0.1 MPa to 17 MPa and in temperatures ranging from 291K to 333K. Coal of a lower coalification degree was a better methane sorbent. Changes in sorption capacity of tested coals were linearly dependent on the temperature. The increase in temperature of 10K reduces the Langmuir sorption of about 0.7-0.8 [cm3/g]. Such increase of temperature causes a nonlinear increase of the Langmuir pressure (b-1). These results showed that the rise of rock temperature, caused by geothermal gradient, can induce a significant increase of equilibrium pressure of methane in coal seam. An increase of coal seam temperature may cause an increase of gas and coal outburst risk in a coal mine.

scholarly journals Probable Time and Conditions of a Coal-Seam Paleofire in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justyna Ciesielczuk ◽  
Jerzy Nawrocki ◽  
Dominik Jura ◽  
Monika J. Fabiańska ◽  
Magdalena Misz-Kennan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Coal Seam ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Probable Time

scholarly journals Possibilities of using soil microarthropods, with emphasis on mites (Arachnida, Acari, Mesostigmata), in assessment of successional stages in a reclaimed coal mine dump (Pszów, S Poland)

2014 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
GRAŻYNA MADEJ ◽  
MONIKA KOZUB
Keyword(s):  
Community Structure ◽  
Soil Quality ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Soil Quality Index ◽  
Soil Microarthropods ◽  
Mine Dumps ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Successional Stages ◽  
Mine Dump ◽  
S Poland

AbstractThe usefulness of 2 methods for biomonitoring of the effects of land rehabilitation were compared in Pszów (Upper Silesian Coal Basin, south of Poland). Thirty-one species of mesostigmatid mites were collected from 3 study plots representing different stages of restoration of the mine dump Wrzosy in Pszów and community structure of the mites was analysed. There was a general trend for mesostigmatid species richness, diversity, and density to increase with the development of vegetation. The dominant early successional mesostigmatid species was the phoreticHypoapis claviger. During this study, 4616 specimens of soil microarthropods were extracted in total. They were classified according to the Biological Soil Quality Index (QBS). We tested the sensitivity and usefulness of this index for monitoring of soil quality and found its good relationship with successional stages in the reclaimed mine dump. Thus the QBS index seems to be an efficient index for monitoring the effects of restoration in mine dumps. It is a simpler, quicker, and cheaper bioindicator method than the earlier method based on community structure analysis of mesostigmatid mites.

Phosphorus minerals in tonstein; coal seam 405 at Sośnica-Makoszowy coal mine, Upper Silesia, southern Poland

2013 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 271-281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Magdalena Kokowska-Pawłowska ◽  
Jacek Nowak
Keyword(s):  
Trace Elements ◽  
Coal Seam ◽  
Mineral Composition ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Chemical Compositions ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Upper Silesia ◽  
Southern Poland ◽  
Basin Area

Abstract Kokowska-Pawłowska, M. and Nowak, J. 2013. Phosphorus minerals in tonstein; coal seam 405 at Sośnica- Makoszowy coal mine, Upper Silesia, southern Poland. Acta Geologica Polonica, 63 (2), 271-281. Warszawa. The paper presents results of research on tonstein, which constitutes an interburden in coal seam 405 at the Sośnica- Makoszowy coal mine, Makoszowy field (mining level 600 m), Upper Silesia, southern Poland. The mineral and chemical compositions of the tonstein differ from the typical compositions described earlier for tonsteins from Upper Silesia Coal Basin area. Additionally, minerals present in the tonsteins include kaolinite, quartz, kaolinitised biotite and feldspars. The presence of the phosphatic minerals apatite and goyazite has been recognized. The presence of gorceixite and crandallite is also possible. The contents of CaO (5.66 wt%) and P2O5 (6.2 wt%) are remarkably high. Analysis of selected trace elements demonstrated high contents of Sr (4937 ppm) and Ba (4300 ppm), related to the phosphatic minerals. On the basis of mineral composition the tonstein has been identified as a crystalline tonstein, transitional to a multiplied one.

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