Geodetic geodynamic studies were conducted in the Wrocław Plain, situated in the SE part of the Central European Subsidence Zone (CESZ). The boundaries of this plain coincide with the outline of the rhomboidal Cainozoic Wrocław Basin. This area has been chosen for detailed examination taking into account the results of previous geodynamic research, pointing to constant subsidence of the Wrocław region. Analysis of drainage network and changeable thicknesses of the Neogene an d Quaternary strata also indicates weak, although stable subsidence of the central part of the Silesian Lowland and relative, small-scale uplift of the Fore-Sudetic region situated in thes outh and an area placed north of the Odra River valley. The studies consisted in measuring elevation changes of benchmarks along lines of precise levelling during 1956-1999 period, establishing a GPS network points, as well as measuring and processing of GPS data acquired during 2008-2010 time span. Displacements of benchmarks of precise levelling lines point to block-type mobility of structures located in the SE part of the CESZ, while GPS measurements indicate deformations related to bending of the Cainozoic sedimentary cover underlain by metamorphic bedrock and Permo-Mesozoic strata. Three years of observations enable us to distinguish two zones typified by compressive deformations being coincident with subsiding areas. One of these zones strikes NW-SE and marks the CESZ axis, the second one, oriented NNW-SSE, fo llows the orientation of a deeply buried Carboniferous-Permian tectonic graben (the Eastern Fore-Sudetic Basin) and a much shallower trough filled with Cretaceous strata in the Opole region. Uplift typifies the Fore-Sudetic Block as well as areas situated close to Opole town and north of the Odra River valley., Piotr Grzempowski, Janusz Badura, Stefan Cacoń, Jan Kapłon, Witold Rohm and Bogusław Przybylski., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
The Mariánské Lázně Fault (western Bohemia, CZE) is a morphologically, geologically and tectonically prominent structure with that is 150 km long with an NNW-SSE orientation. Its tectonic activity, especially in the NW part and in the neighbouring Cheb basin, is well known and has been proven by present-day earthquake swarms, mantle-derived CO2 emanations, geophysical and paleoseismological research. It seems that other parts of the MLF (especially segments of NNW-SSE and N-S orientation) might also have been active during the Pleistocene, possible even in the Holocene. This study provides a robust set of morphometric analyses – mountain-front sinuosity, basin asymmetry, longitudinal stream profiles, SL-index, which assesses the possibility of recent tectonic activity. The results suggest that the activity of the central and southern part of the MLF could have been very young. A reconstruction of the evolution of the stream network of the Mže River, as a result of different timing of the activity of particular segments of the MLF, is also put forward. The first ideas about the evolution of terrain morphology and the stream network are proposed by this study, however subsequent field research (geophysics, paleoseismology) could prove and date the tectonic activity. The delineation of segments with young activity may also have a great implication for seismic hazard assessment. and Chybné číslování stran (správně strana 1-21)
a1_A water-tube tiltmeter system composed of two perpendicular tubes was installed in the underground galleries of the Geodynamic Laboratory in the Książ Castle, Central Sudetes, in 2003. The partially filled water tubes are several tens of metres in length and have high-precision interferometric recording gauges at their ends. The recording gauges continuously measure water level changes in the tubes with single-nanometer accuracy which corresponds to 0.005 milliseconds of arc of plumb line variations. The tiltmeter has recorded several events of water level variations, with a magnitude of a few hundred micrometers and a duration of tens of days. The strongest water level variations were one order greater than variations caused by tidal phenomena and occurred in different months of a year, and hence are expected to have no seasonal origin. Because of the extremely large magnitude of the phenomenon and because time of duration of signals showed no seasonal characteristics, all external sources outside the bedrock space occupied by the instrument can also readily be precluded. Each of the recorded strong signals of water level variations consists of a symmetrical and an asymmetrical component. Because of the proportion of the water system to the large-scale geodynamic sources producing water level changes, all the external geodynamic reasons can generate only symmetrical signals in the tubes. The evidence indicates episodic tilting of the instrument itself or vertical displacements of any part of the tubes, which supports the notion of active bedrock deformation. The combination of symmetrical and asymmetrical signals implies that their source is within the bedrock space in which the instrument is embedded. The events of large water level variations can be explained by non-flat relative vertical displacement of the opposite ends of the tiltmeter tubes., a2_Asymmetrical signals are particularly pronounced in the tube named 03-04, and their magnitude suggests vertical displacement of part of the tube of the order of hundreds of micrometres. The repeatability, temporal irregularity, considerable duration time and high magnitude of the strong signals lead us to attribute them to the tilting of tiltmeter bedrock due to contemporary tectonic movements of the Książ Massif. The Książ Massif consists of a rigid rock mass of Famennian−Tournaisian conglomerates cut by several large and small faults. Rock compaction can be precluded. The massif is a prominent bedrock spur carved by a deeply incised river, and its geomorphic development seems to be related to major faults. Preliminary geological study has recognized strike-slip faults, thrusts and extensional fracture zones, some with an indication of recent activity. A few minor faults cross the bedrock under the tiltmeter geodynamic system. The tiltmeter is thus likely to be recording local signals of neotectonic activity., Marek Kaczorowski and Jurand Wojewoda., and Obsahuje bibliografii
a1_For estimation of recent dynamics of morphology of the Sudetes, satellite radar images of 90-meter resolution have been used. Basing on the Digital Elevation Model, trend surfaces and deviation maps of the morphology were made. The analyzed are a ranges over 23000 sq. km and is bordered by the following coordinates: N51°05’32", N49°56’26", E15°02’42" an d E17°37’57". The 8th-order trend surface records four distinct regional morphological domains. These are two elevations with their centres located at N50°46’24" - E15°29’24" and N50°07’24" - E17°13’07", as well as two depressions with centers located at N 50°05’41" - E15°46’58" and at N50°29’39”- E17°28’30", respectively. The elevations and depressions extend both over the crystalline massifs and sediment ary basins and are highly lithologically differentiated. On the deviation map, the elevations display the highest positive values which suggests a local disequilibrium of morphogenic processes during the formation of recent topography. Today’s landscape have been being shaped since the beginning of the Neogene. As the climatic and hydrological conditions have been rather uniform for the whole area, a tectonic uplift must be accounted for the reason of the indicated anomalies occurrence. There is only one unique profile across the elevations and depressions that reflects the smallest amplitude of relative height (black-white dashed-line). It is parallel to the dominant "Sudetic strike", i.e. 115°, and it follows the Intrasudetic Shear Zone (ISZ) that played an important role in the post-Variscan evolution of the Sudetes. Along and inside the ISZ small, mostly pull-apart basins occur (the Krkonoše Piedmont Basin (KPB), the Nachod Basin (NB), the Upper Nysa Kłodzka Trough (UNKT) - the South Sudetic Basins Suite (SSBS) - which are filled with Permian, Triassic and Neogene-to-Recent sediments., a2_The author postulates right lateral regional displacement along and beneath the ISZ as an important factor controlling long time evolution of topography in the analyzed area., Jurand Wojewoda., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
Neotectonics of the Carpathians used to be studied extensively, particular attention being paid to the effects of large-scale domal uplifts and open folding above marginal zones of thrusts and imbricated map-scale folds, and rarely to the characteristics of young faulting. Neotectonic faults tend to be associated with the margins of the Orava-Nowy Targ Basin, superposed on the boundary between the Inner and Outer Western Carpathians, as well as with some regions within the Outer Carpathians. The size of Quaternary tilting of the Tatra Mts. on the sub-Tatric fault were estimated at 100 to 300 m, and recent vertical crustal movements of this area detected by repeated precise levelling are in the range of 0.4-1.0 mm/yr in rate. Minor vertical block movements of oscillatory character (0.5-1 mm/yr) were detected along faults cutting the Pieniny Klippen Belt owing to repeated geodetic measurements performed on the Pieniny geodynamic test area. In the western part of the Western Outer Carpathians, middle and late Pleistocene reactivation of early Neogene thrust surfaces was suggested. Differentiated mobility of reactivated as normal Miocene faults (oriented (N-S to NNW-SSE and NNE-SSW) in the medial portion of the Dunajec River drainage basin appears to be indicated by the results of long-profile analyses of deformed straths, usually of early and middle Pleistocene age. Quaternary uplift of the marginal part of the Beskid Niski (Lower Beskidy) Mts. (W-E to WNW-ESE), in the mid-eastern part of the Outer Western Carpathians of Poland, was estimated at 100-150 m, including no more than 40 m of uplift after the Elsterian stage. The state of research into young faulting of the Outer Carpathians of Poland is still far from sufficient., Witold Zuchiewicz., and Obsahuje bibliografii
Fluvial archives of the Polish Carpathians bear a record of both climatic and tectonic signatures. The former consist in cyclic development of terrace covers interfingering with and/or overlain by soliluction and slopewash sediments; the latter include disturbances within strath long profiles and differentiated size of erosional downcutting. Valleys of the Outer Carpathians bear five to nine terrace steps of Pleistocene age. Most of these terraces are strath or complex-response ones; the Weichselian and Holocene steps are usually cut-and-fill landforms, except those located in the neotectonically elevated structures characterized by the presence of young straths. Long profiles of individual strath terraces frequently show divergence, convergence, upwarping, downwarping, or faulting that can be indicative of young tectonic control. Moreover, the size and rate of dissection of straths of comparable age are different in different morphotectonic units; a feature pointing to variable pattern of Quaternary uplift. Rates of river downcutting result mainly from climatic changes throughout the glacialinterglacial cycles, but their spatial differentiation appears to be influenced by tectonic factors as well. Examples based on detailed examination of deformed straths and fluvial covers in selected segments of the Polish Carpathian rivers appear to indicate Quaternary reactivation of both normal and thrust bedrock faults. The latter are mostly confined to the eastern portion of the Outer Carpathians. The Early Pleistocene, Holsteinian and Eemian stages of reactivated faulting dominated throughout the study area., Witold Zuchiewicz., and Obsahuje bibliografii
The fault displacement monitoring network EU-TecNet was established to define microdisplacements across faults in the territory of Central Europe (www.tecnet.cz) using three-dimensional optical-mechanical extensometers. The results of long-term neotectonic activity obtained from two caves localized in the eastern part of the Slovenský kras Mts. (SE Slovakia) show generally NE-SW oriented dilatation. This orientation is in a good accordance with the orogen-parallel extension monitored in the Western Carpathians. Differing short-lasting trends were distinguished in 2011-2012 and 2013-2015, which supports the significance of the tectonic pulse at the end of 2012 and the beginning of 2013. Moreover, simultaneous short-lasting faulting occurred at both sites under the transtensional tectonic regime, where the principal maximum compressional axis operated in a NW-SE direction (σ1). The observed results were compared to data from monitoring points in distant areas of the European plate. and Briestenský Miloš, Hochmuth Zdenko, Littva Juraj, Hók Jozef, Dobrovič Roman, Stemberk Josef, Petro Ľubomír, Bella Pavel.
Analysis of benchmark height changes along national 1st order precise levelling lines crossing the Middle Odra Fault Zone in the Wroclaw area has been presented in this paper. The zone separates Fore-Sudetic Block from the Fore-Sudetic Monocline and is one of the main geological structures in Lower Silesia. Five national precise levelling lines cross the research area: Ząbkowice Śląskie - Wrocław, Syców - Wrocław, Karczów - Wrocław, Kawice - Wrocław oraz Krotoszyn - Wrocław. These levelling lines were measured in 1956-58, 1975-80 and 1999. Changes of benchmark heights have been presented in comparison with geological cross-sections made along the levelling lines. In the result, areas of the greatest relative vertical displacements correlated with geology and tectonics have been found., Piotr Grzempowski, Janusz Badura, Stefan Cacoń and Bogusław Przybylski., and Obsahuje bibliografii