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Title: A QUARRY - A WOUND IN THE LANDSCAPE OR ENRICHMENT OF ITS STRUCTURE?
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A QUARRY - A WOUND IN THE LANDSCAPE OR ENRICHMENT OF ITS STRUCTURE?
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The article presents the importance of abandoned quarries for the mosaic landscape structure. Five objects {and} their surroundings in a 100-m zone located in the Polish Western Carpathians were analysed in terms of plant communities, flora, physical and chemical parameters of soils, and diversity of relief. The objects, which were originally used for excavation of marls, were characterised by the largest differences in soil parameters between the quarry and the surroundings. Xerothermic vegetation was noted to have developed in this area. Objects established on sandstones were characterised by the highest contrast between plant species overgrowing the quarries and the surroundings. The geomorphological, soil, and vegetation contrasts between the quarries and their buffer zone make them distinctive patches within the landscape matrix. After several dozen years of succession processes, they harmonised visually with the surrounding landscape. Since they are colonised by valuable communities and species, these areas should be regarded as valuable enrichment of the landscape structure, which may be reflected in their geotouristic potential.
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18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2018
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18th International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference SGEM 2018, 02-08 July, 2018
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Proceedings Paper
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STEF92 Technology
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International Multidisciplinary Scientific GeoConference-SGEM
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Bulgarian Acad Sci; Acad Sci Czech Republ; Latvian Acad Sci; Polish Acad Sci; Russian Acad Sci; Serbian Acad Sci & Arts; Slovak Acad Sci; Natl Acad Sci Ukraine; Natl Acad Sci Armenia; Sci Council Japan; World Acad Sci; European Acad Sci, Arts & Letters; Ac
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11-18
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02-08 July, 2018
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quarry; landscape structure; plant succession; xerothermic vegetation; the Polish Carpathians
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