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Metody morfometryczne są przydatne nie tylko w rozwazaniach nad morfogenezą lubelsko-wolynskiego obszaru krasowego, ale takze przy interpretacji jego cech strukturalnych. Analiza izopletowych map gestości form krasowych dokumentuje ścisly... more
Metody morfometryczne są przydatne nie tylko w rozwazaniach nad morfogenezą lubelsko-wolynskiego obszaru krasowego, ale takze przy interpretacji jego cech strukturalnych. Analiza izopletowych map gestości form krasowych dokumentuje ścisly związek miedzy rozwojem wspolczesnej rzeźby krasowej, a kenozoiczną tektoniką podniesienia Lubomla w brzeznej cześci kratonu wschodnioeuropejskiego. Ortogonalny uklad glownych morfolineamentow (NE–SW/NW–SE) odzwierciedla przebieg subregionalnych dyslokacji kompleksu paleozoicznego, odmlodzonych w pokrywie mezo-kenozoiku w czasie mlodoalpejskich faz aktywności tektonicznej. Neotektoniczna ewolucja obszaru dokonywala sie najprawdopodobniej w warunkach zmieniającego sie regionalnego pola naprezen, powodującego zmiane kierunku i zwrotu przemieszczen, czesto wzdluz tych samych plaszczyzn nieciąglości. MORPHOMETRIC CRITERIA FOR ESTIMATION A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN KARST RELIEF AND TECTONICS ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE LUBOML ELEVATION (NW UKRAINE) Summary Morphom...
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Analyzed of geological conditions for the formation and territorial distribution of deposits of amber in Ukraine. Elucidates archaeological finds of amber products and associated with them trade routes. Based on the analysis of geological... more
Analyzed of geological conditions for the formation and territorial distribution of deposits of amber in Ukraine. Elucidates archaeological finds of amber products and associated with them trade routes. Based on the analysis of geological and historical information, as well as objects and activities to promote amber topics elucidates the functioning geotouristic “Ukrainian Amber Road”. Elaborate recommendations for the creation and promotion geotouristic brand associated with national amber road. Key words: amber, deposits, amber products, geotourism, road, brand.
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In the article have been suggested the analysis of main lithology-petrography characteristics of Dubno paleosoil complex in Halych-Dniester region. The natural environments of period of the formation of paleosoil have been reconstructed,... more
In the article have been suggested the analysis of main lithology-petrography characteristics of Dubno paleosoil complex in Halych-Dniester region. The natural environments of period of the formation of paleosoil have been reconstructed, based on mollusc fauna analysis. The analysis of correlation between the cultural layers Upper Palaeolithic and Dubno paleosoil complex and also solifluction layers complex has been provided. Key worlds: paleosoil, Halych-Dniester region, Palaeolithic, solifluction, molluscs fauna.
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A detailed description and engineering-geological characterization are made for the loess-soil series rocks of Zdolbuniv key profile, which represents the main loess, palaeo-soil, and palaeo-cryogenic horizons of the Middle and Upper... more
A detailed description and engineering-geological characterization are made for the loess-soil series rocks of Zdolbuniv key profile, which represents the main loess, palaeo-soil, and palaeo-cryogenic horizons of the Middle and Upper Pleistocene within the Volyn’ Upland – a classical region of the European loess development. The analysis of the differentiation in the composition and properties of the loess, palaeo-soil, and palaeo-cryogenic horizons imply on their significant difference caused by palaeogeographical conditions of their development and of the dia-genetic metamorphism. Key words: loess, loess-soil series, key profile, fossil soil, palaeo-cryogenesis, engineering-geological properties.
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New geological and geomorphological investigations carried out in different parts of the Fore-Carpathian region of the Dnister River basin gave an opportunity to distinguish at least four separate different-age levels (terraces) within... more
New geological and geomorphological investigations carried out in different parts of the Fore-Carpathian region of the Dnister River basin gave an opportunity to distinguish at least four separate different-age levels (terraces) within the Loyeva level (sixth terrace): Torhanovychi, Dubrivka, Susidovychi and Biskovychi. In the Solonske section the alluvial and cover loess-soil sediments from the Lower to Upper Pleistocene of the total thickness of about 30 m are revealed. Loess-soil series of the investigated section represents a number of loess and palaeosol horizons from modern soil (MIS 1), which is developed on the Horokhiv fossil soil complex (MIS 5), to the soil with spot-medallions (MIS 17–19). The last one was formed above the permafrost and obviously can be correlated with one of the soils of fossil soil complex of Zahvizdia type. A very thick (almost 10-meter) stratum of deposits that, apparently, have a limnic origin is underlying this soil. Alluvial deposits, which are d...
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At environs of the village Dovhe in Ivano-Frankivs’k region (oblast) the fourth, fifth and sixth terraces of the Dnister River are well developed. They occur in the close vicinity to each other and are fully exposed. The authors published... more
At environs of the village Dovhe in Ivano-Frankivs’k region (oblast) the fourth, fifth and sixth terraces of the Dnister River are well developed. They occur in the close vicinity to each other and are fully exposed. The authors published sections of the V and VI terraces earlier. In the present paper the description of the IV terrace is given. All the high terraces of the Dnister River from environs of Dovhe show the geological substrate below the alluvial cover. The section over the substrate parts is composed of the gravelly-to-pebbly channel alluvial deposits, sand and clay deposits of the alluvial plain, and covering subaerial loess and paleosoil deposits of the various thicknesses. In the fourth terrace, the complete section of the first and the second phases of the Korshiv paleosoil are exposed, with the entire thickness equal 3.6 m. Therefore, the ancient Korshiv paleosoil complex in the Dovhe section can be the stratotype section for the Forecarpathians. Key words: terrace,...
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The geological and geomorphological objects of Sambir-Khyriv terrace foothills have been characterized as natural monuments and potentially popular geo-touristic sites. The foothills cover the pre-Carpathian sections of the Stryvihor and... more
The geological and geomorphological objects of Sambir-Khyriv terrace foothills have been characterized as natural monuments and potentially popular geo-touristic sites. The foothills cover the pre-Carpathian sections of the Stryvihor and Dniester valleys, the entire Bolozivka valley and the uplands of the interfluves. The main geomorphological elements of the study area are river valleys with a complex of river terraces of different ages. Outside the valleys, in the uplands of the interfluves, the most ancient foothill terraces and different-aged denudation leveling surfaces are spread. Relief-forming deposits of the foothills are mainly represented by Neogene and Anthropogenic accumulations. The anthropogenic depositsoverlapping the older accumulations are extremely heterogeneous in terms of genesis, age, and lithological structure. Within the foothills, the most valuable natural monuments are the following objects: sections of anthropogenic accumulations Slokhyni, Torhanovychi 1 a...
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In the section Vanzhuliv, the loess-soil series of the northern part of the Podillia Upland is exposed. In this section, the thickness of the Upper Pleistocene loess deposits is still relatively considerable, whereas the thickness of the... more
In the section Vanzhuliv, the loess-soil series of the northern part of the Podillia Upland is exposed. In this section, the thickness of the Upper Pleistocene loess deposits is still relatively considerable, whereas the thickness of the Middle Pleistocene loess deposits increases. The detailed description of the section and of the engineering-geological properties of all the distinguished horizons and sub-horizons is given. Besides that, the influence of the large-scale fossil permafrost structure on the properties of loess is described, basing on the example of the pseudomorphic structure of the Lanivtsi paleocriogenic stage. Key words: loess, paleosoils, engineering-geological properties, subsidence, paleocriogenesis, Podillia.
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A detailed description of engineering-geological properties is given to loess-soil series at the key profile Dubno (Tarakaniv). The profile mainly represents loess and palaeopedological horizons of Upper Pleistocene at the Volyn Upland.... more
A detailed description of engineering-geological properties is given to loess-soil series at the key profile Dubno (Tarakaniv). The profile mainly represents loess and palaeopedological horizons of Upper Pleistocene at the Volyn Upland. Middle Pleistocene has small thickness here, but varies facially. The profile reviles palaeocryogenic deformations, especially final Pleistocene pseudomorphosis along recurring vein ice. Key words: loess, loess-soil series, key profile, fossil soil, engineering-geological properties, palaeocryogenesis.
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The main lithological characteristics of the channel facies of the Susidovychi terrace, which correspond to the high (situated over the canyon) groups of Dnister terraces, were given. The investigations in the gravel pit at Kulakivtsi... more
The main lithological characteristics of the channel facies of the Susidovychi terrace, which correspond to the high (situated over the canyon) groups of Dnister terraces, were given. The investigations in the gravel pit at Kulakivtsi proved that the alluvium of the terrace has been formed in two stages. During the first stage, the lower 1.5 thick bed of the alluvium was deposited. The upper one, nearly 4 m thick alluvium bed was formed in the next, second one depositional stage. The stages of the alluvium formation were recorded in the changes of the granulometric and petrographical composition of the alluvium, and of the roundness of the coarse-grained clasts. The transition between these two alluvial beds is outlined by the voluminous intercalations of the sand lenses, and also by a change in the colour of the alluvial deposits. Granulometric composition of the alluvium of the channel facies, in general, changes little in the section. Only in the transition zone from the lower to...
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The Pasmove Pobuzhia is the only geomorphic region with loess cover on all six loess ridges within the Male Polissia province. This is mainly Upper Pleistocene loess of up to 10 m deepness. The paper deals with the description of the... more
The Pasmove Pobuzhia is the only geomorphic region with loess cover on all six loess ridges within the Male Polissia province. This is mainly Upper Pleistocene loess of up to 10 m deepness. The paper deals with the description of the Novo-Myliatyn key profile, as well as with the detailed engineeringgeological study of the separate loess and palaeo-soil horisons. Key words: Pasmove Pobuzhia, loess, fossil soils, engineering-geological properties.
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The purpose of the study is to analyse the prospects of studying quarry landforms by modern innovative research methods, namely using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The main tasks of this study are to research quarry landforms in the... more
The purpose of the study is to analyse the prospects of studying quarry landforms by modern innovative research methods, namely using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV). The main tasks of this study are to research quarry landforms in the village of Korystova, create a geomorphological map and digital elevation model, and study modern anthropogenic and natural- past decade. The study results are the research of quarry landforms, their main elements mapping, the analysis of anthropogenic deformations and the load for the terrain, in particular, its anthropogenic processes using a UAV. The research source materials are detailed surveys of the quarry and its surroundings in 2015 and 2021 by UAV technologies and field research over the modification. The study also has applied value to the mining industry in the area of counting techniques of rock mining and the process of quarry reclamation. A 3D survey of the quarry as an anthropogenic form of relief was carried out in the village of Kor...
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The Ternopil Plateau is a large geomorphological region that occupies a significant part of the Podollian Upland. The issue of the occupation of this geographical area by Palaeolithic people remained little researched for a long time.... more
The Ternopil Plateau is a large geomorphological region that occupies a significant part of the Podollian Upland. The issue of the occupation of this geographical area by Palaeolithic people remained little researched for a long time. Peculiarities of the relief and the geological structure of the territory indicated the prospectiveness of Palaeolithic finds in this part of the Podollian Upland. However, until recently, there was no information about the earliest occupation of this region. The first find, from which the scientific study of the sites of the Palaeolithic period on the territory of the central part of the Ternopil Plateau of the Podollian Upland began, was a large massive blade discovered in the 1880s in the vicinity of the village of Chystopady of Ternopil (former Zboriv) district, Ternopil region. The context in which it was found is unknown, which did not allow characterizing widely the history of the settlement of this region. In 2020, near the village of Chystopad...
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The Middle Palaeolithic site Proniatyn is geomorphologically located on the near-watershed slope of the right bank of the Seret River. The history of its archaeological research began in 1977. During numerous expedition seasons of works... more
The Middle Palaeolithic site Proniatyn is geomorphologically located on the near-watershed slope of the right bank of the Seret River. The history of its archaeological research began in 1977. During numerous expedition seasons of works conducted with using of methods of natural sciences and archaeology (until 2015), rich flint material was found on the site, which was located in the deposits of the over-Horokhiv deluvial solifluction stratum, i.e. not in situ, but was moved down the slope. The upper chronological limit of the cultural horizon was determined as 85±7 ka (according to V. Shovkoplias) by TL-dating of the Upper Pleistocene loess, which overlaps the over-Horokhiv deluvial solifluction stratum. In 2015, the Proniatyn site became the subject of scientific excursion of the international loess seminar «Loesses and Palaeolithic of Podillia». To clarify the age of the site, survey pit 5, located directly next to the main excavation, in the southern part of the site was expande...
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The Pleistocene periglacial loess-palaeosol series covers about 70% of the territory of Ukraine. The loess-palaeosol mantle of the Volhynian and Podolian uplands, which are the reference region of our many years of research, is even... more
The Pleistocene periglacial loess-palaeosol series covers about 70% of the territory of Ukraine. The loess-palaeosol mantle of the Volhynian and Podolian uplands, which are the reference region of our many years of research, is even larger, almost continuous in area. Loess is also widespread on the surfaces of the high river terraces in the Forecarpathians.Dozens of key sections of the Quaternary deposits were studied in Volhyn-Podillia and Forecarpathians using the most modern analytical methods. Among them are sections of Novovolynsk, Boyanychi, Torchyn, Horokhiv, Korshiv, Dubno, Rivne, Basiv Kut, Zdolbuniv (Volhynian upland), Velykyi Hlybochok, Proniatyn, Ihrovytsia, Ternopil, Malyi Khodachkiv, Pidvolochysk, Volochysk, Krasnosilka, Sharovechka, Yarmolyntsi, Letychiv, Vanzhuliv (Podolian upland), Halych, Kolodiiv, Torhanovychi (transition zone to the Forecarpathian upland), etc. P. Tutkovskyi developed an aeolian hypothesis of loess origin (1899) based on the materials of the stud...
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In order to recognize the influence of thermal and microclimatic conditions on the formation of domes and caves originating by hydration of anhydrite rocks exposed at<br>the bottom of the gypsum quarry in Pisky near Lviv,... more
In order to recognize the influence of thermal and microclimatic conditions on the formation of domes and caves originating by hydration of anhydrite rocks exposed at<br>the bottom of the gypsum quarry in Pisky near Lviv, the<br>temperatures in the quarry excavation and its surroundings<br>were recorded. In 15 selected points: on hydration domes<br>and in caves inside the domes, in their vicinity, at the bottom<br>of the quarry and on the slopes surrounding the excavation,<br>24-hour synchronous measurements of atmospheric air temperature were carried out using automatic electronic<br>recorders. At the same time, temperature measurements of<br>gypsum-anhydrite rocks and water in caves and rock crevices<br>were carried out. The research, conducted in the period of stable hot weather, lasted 10 days from 1th to 10th of August, 2014. Large variations of temperature in space<br>and time have been documented. The lowest measured...
The results of the investigation of the influence of the microclimatic conditions on the weathering (hydration) of anhydrite and the formation of gypsum domes and caves from swelling of the anhydrite beds in the Pisky quarry are... more
The results of the investigation of the influence of the microclimatic conditions on the weathering (hydration) of anhydrite and the formation of gypsum domes and caves from swelling of the anhydrite beds in the Pisky quarry are presented. The whole day synchronous measurements of temperature and humidity, with an interval of 15 minutes, were conducted in the selected points within the gypsum-anhydrite domes (inside the caves), in the vicinity of the domes, and in the variable sites of the stone pit, with the use of the automatic electronic recording devices. The values of temperature and humidity from 15 representative sites, recorded during the stable hot weather conditions, have been analysed. The average diurnal and extreme values, and the diurnal run of the temperature have been shown on the graphic drawings. The reasoning has been made about the dependence of the gypsum domes and caves formation on the conditions of availability of the water; the water from precipitation, the ...
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&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;In the Pleistocene on the territory of Ukraine palaeocryogenic processes left the most noticeable traces in the features of the structure and properties of the periglacial loess-palaeosol sequences... more
&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;In the Pleistocene on the territory of Ukraine palaeocryogenic processes left the most noticeable traces in the features of the structure and properties of the periglacial loess-palaeosol sequences (LPSs).&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;The oldest of the Quaternary palaeocryogenic stages established in Ukraine is associated with the solifluction layer (fossil active layer of the permafrost) in the loess L3 (MIS 8) overlying the Lutsk palaeosol of the regional stratigraphic scheme that corresponds to S3, MIS 9. This stage was first documented in the Boyanychi key section, thus it got the eponymous name &amp;amp;lt;em&amp;amp;gt;Boyanychi&amp;amp;lt;/em&amp;amp;gt;. A characteristic feature of this stage is the wide development of plastic deluvial-solifluction deformations. Palaeocryogenic deformations of this stage are described in only two sections of Quaternary LPSs &amp;amp;amp;#8211; Boyanychi and Korshiv on Volhynian Upland. In Boyanychi, a large ice-wedge pseudomorph with a vertical size of more than 2 m was described and sampled for engineering and geological research. This is clear evidence of the existence of permafrost at that time. The age of L3 loess in the Boyanychi section is 277&amp;amp;amp;#177;41 ka BP.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Cryogenic deformations of the &amp;amp;lt;em&amp;amp;gt;Yarmolyntsi&amp;amp;lt;/em&amp;amp;gt; palaeocryogenic stage (early MIS 6, Yarmolyntsi subhorizon) is most pronounced directly above the Korshiv fossil soils complex (S2, MIS 7) in many sections of Volhynian, Podolian uplands and Forecarpathians. During the Yarmolyntsi palaeocryogenic stage, deluvial-solifluction plastic deformations, mainly associated with the solifluction layer (fossil active layer) overlying the Korshiv palaeosol complex, were widely developed. Ice-wedge pseudomorphs exceed 2.5 m in depth. The age of the Yarmolyntsi subhorizon within the L2 loess of the Boyanychi section is 200.4&amp;amp;amp;#177;26.1 ka BP.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;The &amp;amp;lt;em&amp;amp;gt;Ternopil &amp;amp;lt;/em&amp;amp;gt;palaeocryogenic stage is associated with the Ternopil subhorizon in L2 loess (MIS 6) and is represented mainly by structural deluvial-solifluction deformations. Occasionally there was a polygonal-vein cracking that left traces in the form of ice-wedge pseudomorphs (Velykyi Hlybochok section, etc.). The age of the Ternopil subhorizon within the L2 loess of the Korshiv section is 159&amp;amp;amp;#177;53 ka BP, 164&amp;amp;amp;#177;34 ka BP, in the Boyanychi section is 162.2&amp;amp;amp;#177;17 ka BP.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Traces of the &amp;amp;lt;em&amp;amp;gt;Lanivtsi&amp;amp;lt;/em&amp;amp;gt; palaeocryogenic stage (upper part of MIS 6, Lanivtsi subhorizon) are more widespread in the Quaternary LPSs of Ukraine. They are associated with the upper part of the L2 loess. It is the Lanivtsi (Zbarazh?) fossil active layer of the permafrost. Its development occurred at the end of the Middle Pleistocene. In the sediments of the Lanivtsi palaeocryogenic stage gleyed loams with a well-defined semi-mesh postcryogenic structure, highlighted by films of brown ferruginization, are dominated. Structural deformations of the Lanivtsi palaeocryogenic stage are well-developed in the sections of Zbarazh and Vyshnivets on the Podolian upland. Ice-wedge pseudomorphs are filled with loess and have vertical dimensions of slightly more than 2 m.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;Palaeocryogenic deformations are of great importance for the stratigraphic division of the Quaternary LPSs of Ukraine. Clear stratigraphic positions of fossil active layers, their morphological and lithological features are reliable benchmarks for the determination and justification of specific horizons.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;strong&amp;amp;gt;Acknowledgements&amp;amp;lt;/strong&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;lt;p&amp;amp;gt;This study was supported by the project of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, grant number 2020.02/0165.&amp;amp;lt;/p&amp;amp;gt;
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The Fore-Carpathians part of Svicha River valley partially covers Morshyn and Zalissia Uplands and Stryi-Zhydachiv depression. Within the Svicha and Sukil' river valleys, there are well-developed different-age terraces with thick... more
The Fore-Carpathians part of Svicha River valley partially covers Morshyn and Zalissia Uplands and Stryi-Zhydachiv depression. Within the Svicha and Sukil' river valleys, there are well-developed different-age terraces with thick stratified loess covers. The investigation of the last ones can help to define nomenclature and age of the terraces. The loess covers of the third (Kolodiiv) and the fourth (Mariampil) terraces, which are represented by Pidberezhzhia and Mizhrichchia sections accordingly, are characterised in detail in the article. Pidberezhzhia section represents a sequence of alluvial and covering deposits of the third (Kolodiiv) over-floodplain terrace of Svicha River, which is developed on its right bank. The terrace is stretched out in the form of a narrow (about 2 km) strip from the village Zarichchia to the village Novoselytsia. It is separated from the Svicha riverbed by the system of different-altitude floodplain levels and the first and second over-floodplain ...
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Several new books of Professor Josyp Svynko with co-authors on the study of natural conditions of Ternopil region were analysed.
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Active anhydrite hydration during weathering leading to crystallisation of secondary gypsum and significant volume expansion was investigated and documented by the authors at three sites: the environs of Walkenried (Germany), Dingwall... more
Active anhydrite hydration during weathering leading to crystallisation of secondary gypsum and significant volume expansion was investigated and documented by the authors at three sites: the environs of Walkenried (Germany), Dingwall (Canada), and Pisky (Ukraine). As a result of these processes, peculiar landscape forms were created: hydration domes and ridges with empty internal chambers, some of them large enough to be called hydration caves (German: Quellungshöhlen). Currently, there are only four recognised sites on Earth featuring such a unique landscape and with a large group of hydration caves in one place (the fourth site is in the Alebastrovyye Islands, Russia). These sites constitute a particularly valuable geological and geomorphological heritage, including potential geosites and geomorphosites which require special protection. Actively growing hydration domes and caves change shape and size within a short time span, on the scale of months, years, or decades. Their study...
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The main aspects of the scientific activity of famous Ukrainian geologist, geomorphologist and archaeologist Professor Yuriy Polanski that related to his work at the Shevchenko Scientific Society during the interwar period were... more
The main aspects of the scientific activity of famous Ukrainian geologist, geomorphologist and archaeologist Professor Yuriy Polanski that related to his work at the Shevchenko Scientific Society during the interwar period were highlighted. The path of developing a young scientist as a museum employee from a compiler of museum collections to a director of the Museum of Shevchenko Scientific Society is analyzed. Through the prism of scientific work of the scientist, the status of Ukrainian science between two World wars is reflected. The role and significance of the Shevchenko Scientific Society in the development of archaeological and natural sciences, organization of scientific life in Galicia are shown. More attention is paid to the consideration of the activities of the Museum, the Mathematical-Natural-Medical Section and the Geographic Commission of Shevchenko Scientific Society in terms of guardianship over Ukrainian ancientness, i.e. archaeological monuments and monuments of i...
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Korshiv key section is one of the best studied and most complete sections of periglacial loess-soil series of Volhyn-Podillia. There is total thickness of loess-soil series approximately is 30 meters in this section. This key section is... more
Korshiv key section is one of the best studied and most complete sections of periglacial loess-soil series of Volhyn-Podillia. There is total thickness of loess-soil series approximately is 30 meters in this section. This key section is stratotype of Korshiv fossil soil complex and Lutsk fossil soil. Pseudomorphs after the structures of cellular ice of several stages of Middle Pleistocene palaeocryogenesis were allocated here for the first time for Volhyn-Podillia. Detailed description of the section and the results of engineering-geological studies of rocks of all selected loess and palaeosoil horizons were done. Individual properties of selected stratigraphic horizons and their dependence on the paleogeographic conditions of sedimentation were displayed. Key words: loesses, fossil soils, palaeogeographical conditions, engineering-geological features, subsidence, Volhynian Upland.
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This article is dedicated to the anniversary of Professor Yosyp Svynko.
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On the left bank of the Dnister River between the villages of Mezhyhirtsi and Dubivtsi (Halych district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine) there are several large mechanized quarries, where raw materials (marl, limestone, gypsum) are mined... more
On the left bank of the Dnister River between the villages of Mezhyhirtsi and Dubivtsi (Halych district, Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine) there are several large mechanized quarries, where raw materials (marl, limestone, gypsum) are mined for PJSC “Ivano-Frankivsk Cement”. It is quarries of limestones and marls of Dubivtsi Suite of the Upper Cretaceous in a lower part of a slope, and gypsum of Tyrassian Suite of the Neogene nearly in a watershed. The amplitude of maximum points of the relief above the Dnister River bed reaches 145 m and it varies in the range of 50-60 m above the oldest terraces of the Dnister River (Loyeva level), which are developed on it right bank (Dnister-Lukva interfluve). Well stratified thick (more than 20 m) Pleistocene loess-soil sequence covering almost all the Brunhes palaeomagnetic chron developed over the gypsum. In particular, it is worth noting that the covering series of sediments in the Mezhyhirtsi section does not lie on the alluvium of the Dniste...
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Pleistocene periglacial loess-soil series covers the watersheds, watershed slopes and high river terraces of the Volyn-Podolian Upland by the almost continuous mantle of different thickness. A detailed description of two key sections of... more
Pleistocene periglacial loess-soil series covers the watersheds, watershed slopes and high river terraces of the Volyn-Podolian Upland by the almost continuous mantle of different thickness. A detailed description of two key sections of the loess-soil series of Podillia – Ternopil and Malyi Khodachkiv is given. Both sections are located on the territory of the Ternopil Plateau. The monoliths were taken with the purpose of studying the engineering-geological characteristics of the sediments only from the Upper Pleistocene part of the sections of about 5 m thickness. The following engineering-geological characteristics are defined for the sediments of the described sections: grain size distribution, natural moisture content, plasticity index, soil density, porosity coefficient, subsidence, angle of internal friction, specific cohesion, deformation modulus, the chemical composition of aqueous extract, humus content, CaCO3 content, etc. Integrated analysis of the distribution of paramet...
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The Kremenets Mountains are the unique region of the Volhyn-Podillia Upland, which is situated at the northeastern part of Gologory-Kremenets low mountainous edge of Podillia to the east from Ikva River valley. There are intensively... more
The Kremenets Mountains are the unique region of the Volhyn-Podillia Upland, which is situated at the northeastern part of Gologory-Kremenets low mountainous edge of Podillia to the east from Ikva River valley. There are intensively dissected relief, wide growth of deep gullies and ravines, phenomena of slope recession are widespread as well as karst and karst-suffosion processes, etc. here. Ancient people settled the territory of Kremenets Mountains a long time ago. This is evidenced, in particular, by the Paleolithic site Kulychivka in Kremenets, where people lived from 40,000 years ago. Kremenets Mountains descend towards the plain of Small Polissya by a steep slope up to 100 m and more. There are picturesque landscapes and a significant number of attractive residual mountains (Bozha, Stizhok, Chercha, Bona, Unias, etc.) here. It is not surprising that this stunning area is often called the Ukrainian Switzerland. On the territory of the Kremenets Mountains over the basis of erosi...
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Upper Palaeolithic sites Lypa I and Lypa VI are situated in the western part of Mizoch Upland, not far from Dubno in Rivne region. These sites were most completely researched by excavations conducted by V. Savych in 1960th. Materials of... more
Upper Palaeolithic sites Lypa I and Lypa VI are situated in the western part of Mizoch Upland, not far from Dubno in Rivne region. These sites were most completely researched by excavations conducted by V. Savych in 1960th. Materials of these investigations were published at scientist's monograph. In 2012 in order to clarify stratigraphy of Palaeolithic site Lypa VI and also to correlate cultural horizons distinguished by V. Savych with other synchronous sites of Sub-Carpathians and Volhynia-Podillia regions field geological-archeological research were carried out. During them series of samples to obtain absolute dates for deposits were taken. According to TL-dates such ages of soils were defined: MIS 2 – loess above Krasylivsubhorizon (15,6±2,1 kyr), Krasylivsubhorizon (15,1±2,1 kyr, 17,8±2,5 kyr), loess under Krasylivsubhorizon (21,4±2,8 kyr), Rivne subhorizon (20,6±3,0 kyr), solifluctional strata above Dubno fossil soil (26,0±3,6 kyr), where the only Upper Palaeolithic artifa...
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It is recommended that reference: Jary Z., Mroczek P., (eds.), 2014. Kukla LOESSFEST &amp;amp;#39;14 - 7 Loess Seminar in Wroclaw, International Conference on Loess Research in memoriam of George Kukla September 8-15 2014. Abstracts... more
It is recommended that reference: Jary Z., Mroczek P., (eds.), 2014. Kukla LOESSFEST &amp;amp;#39;14 - 7 Loess Seminar in Wroclaw, International Conference on Loess Research in memoriam of George Kukla September 8-15 2014. Abstracts and field guide book. Institute of Geography and Regional Development, University of Wroclaw.
ABSTRACT Middle and Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequence (MIS 12-MIS 2) from the Halych site has been divided into four loess beds, which represent different glacial periods and contain four interglacial pedocomplexes, as well as... more
ABSTRACT Middle and Late Pleistocene loess-palaeosol sequence (MIS 12-MIS 2) from the Halych site has been divided into four loess beds, which represent different glacial periods and contain four interglacial pedocomplexes, as well as numerous interstadial and interphase palaeosols. Long-term interdisciplinary research, which has been conducted in this site, enables the detailed description of deposit lithology and precise determination of stratigraphic position of individual layers. Rich and diverse malacofauna occurs in loess deposits representing cold stages - MIS 12, MIS 8 and MIS 4-2. Seven mollusc an assemblages of diverse composition and structure have been distinguished. Additionally ostracod fauna from the deposits representing MIS 8 is described. Faunal investigations enable the reconstruction of environmental changes during deposition of the studied sequence. The obtained results indicate that the Halych site may be considered as very important not only for the reconstruction of the Pleistocene geological history in western Ukraine but also for the studies of environmental conditions during the Middle and Late Pleistocene in the whole of Central and Eastern Europe.