scholarly journals Burial and thermal history of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin (Poland) constrained by maturity modelling – implications for coalification and natural gas generation

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dariusz Botor
Keyword(s):  
Natural Gas ◽  
Thermal History ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
Gas Generation ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
History Of

scholarly journals “Sucha Góra” (“Trockenberg”)—The Triangulation Point Doomed to Be Forgotten?

Land ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Marzena Lamparska ◽  
Mirosław Danch
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Control Point ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
The Czech Republic ◽  
Heritage Site ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
Triangulation Network ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
History Of ◽  
Unesco Site

The current study documents the importance of research on preserved artifacts which were previously used to take measurements of the Earth, and their importance for cultural heritage. The article reviewed the available source documents presenting the history of the astrogeodetic control point of Sucha Góra-Trockenberg as a monument of the first order triangulation network, preserved in cartographic materials and as the starting point of local geodetic networks, used in mining until 2000 in the so-called Upper Silesian Coal Basin, located in the territory of Poland and the Czech Republic. In order to determine the history of the triangulation work and the dates that the geographic coordinates of the peak were determined, field journals and other available materials were analyzed. The interesting location of this astrogeodetic control point, being in the vicinity of a UNESCO site, as well as its location in a forest and park complex, justify undertaking activities related to the conservation and promotion of this cultural heritage site.

scholarly journals The Disappearance of Coal Seams Recorded in Associated Gangue Rocks in the SW Part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, Poland

Minerals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 735
Author(s):  
Justyna Ciesielczuk ◽  
Monika J. Fabiańska ◽  
Magdalena Misz-Kennan ◽  
Dominik Jura ◽  
Paweł Filipiak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mining Area ◽  
Coal Seams ◽  
Coal Basin ◽  
The North ◽  
Upper Silesian Coal Basin ◽  
History Of ◽  
Plausible Reason ◽  
Heating Duration ◽  
Limited Oxygen ◽  
Surface Changes

Coal seams in the Upper Silesian Coal Basin vanish within the Carboniferous Upper Silesian Sandstone Series and below an unconformity marking the Carboniferous top surface. Changes in the geochemical, mineralogical, petrological and palynological characteristics of gangue rocks associated with the vanished seams record what happened. The observed changes could have been caused by (1) coal-seam paleofire, (2) peat combustion, (3) igneous intrusion, (4) metasomatism and/or (5) weathering. Multifaceted research on samples collected at the Jas-Mos mining area, a part of the operating Jastrzębie-Bzie Coal Mine that are representative of different geological settings in the northern and southern parts of the mining area, point to intra-deposit paleofire as the most plausible reason for the disappearance. Biomarkers enabled recognition of differences in heating duration and oxygen access. Coal seams in the south burned quickly with abundant oxygen supply. Seams in the north pyrolyzed for an extended time under conditions of limited oxygen. Though other methods used proved less sensitive, all confirmed low (100–150 °C) paleotemperature heating. Overall, the reason for the local disappearance of the coal seams, making their exploitation difficult and unprofitable, can be assigned to a variety of different processes in a complex overlapping history of variable weathering, heating due to local endogenic fires and, probably, earlier peat combustion.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document