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The geotourist potential of the Bialka River valley (in the Podhale Basin) – a project of a geotourist trail // Potencjal geoturystyczny doliny Bialki (niecka podhalanska). Projekt sciezki geoturystycznej

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The Bialka valley is located in southern Poland. The middle part of the valley is build-up of the Paleogene Podhale Flysch. In common opinion, this region is not particularly attractive in respect to geotourism. To prove that it is not true, I proposed the project of geotourist trail in this area. The trail comprises 5 geosites, where the most attractive objects (according tothe author) will be presented. These include calcareous tufa in Jurgow (first geosite), faults in the Bukowinska Grapa (second geosite), where pronounced effects of lateral erosion are evident, which lead to the shifting of the river bed. At this geosite there are also visible joints systems in sandstones (third geosite) and the sandstones show various types of lamination. At the fourth geosite, there occur clear neotectonic features revealed by granite boulders deposited several meters above the contemporary riverbed. Finally, at the fifth geosite, one can examine the thermal pools, which are examples of favorable geological conditions utilized for recreational purposes.//Dolina Bialki znajduje sie w poludniowej Polsce. Jej srodkowa czesc zbudowana jest z paleogenskiego fliszu podhalanskiego. Ogólnie uwaza sie, ze obszar zbudowany z tych skal nie jest szczególnie atrakcyjny pod wzgledem geoturystycznym. Aby udowodnic, ze jest inaczej, zaproponowano projekt sciezki geoturystycznej. Sciezka sklada sie z pieciu najciekawszych (wedlug autora) stanowisk. Skladaja sie na nie kolejno martwice wapienne w Jurgowie (pierwsze stanowisko), uskoki w obrebie Bukowinskiej Grapy (drugie stanowisko), a takze miejsce wyraznej, lateralnej erozji bocznej, która prowadzi do przesuwania sie koryta. Wyraznie odsloniete sa tutaj lawice piaskowców o róznej laminacji, poprzecinane spekaniami ciosowymi (trzecie stanowisko). Na czwartym stanowisku widoczne sa wyrazne dowody na zachodzace tutaj ruchy neotektoniczne (otoczaki granitowe wyniesione kilkanascie metrów nad poziom obecnego koryta), a na ostatnim, piatym stanowisku znajduja sie baseny termalne, które sa znakomitym przykladem wykorzystania sprzyjajacej budowy geologicznej do celów gospodarczych.  

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