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The Raclawka Valley – an example of an educational geosite related to the development of a Paleozoic carbonate platform // Dolina Raclawki – przyklad geostanowiska edukacyjnego zwiazanego z rozwojem paleozoicznej platformy weglanowej

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The location and most interesting geological features of the Upper Devonian through Lower Carboniferous limestones in the Raclawka Valley were presented. The limestones outcropped almost continuously along the natural valley cutting. They comprise over 60 million years of continuous growth of the carbonate platform, which developed on the ancient terrane – the Upper Silesian Block. Geosites described herein may constitute a destination for geological trips for undergraduate students of Environmental Sciences, where they can actively discover the development of an ancient carbonate platform and accompanied post depositional structures.//W dolinie Raclawki znajduja sie wazne geologicznie naturalne odsloniecia wapieni (od póznego dewonu do wczesnego karbonu). Wapienie te obejmuja okres ponad 60 milionów lat ciaglej sedymentacji weglanowej, która wystepowala na obszarze paleozoicznego kratonu – bloku górnoslaskiego. Opisane stanowiska moga byc celem wycieczek geologicznych studentów pierwszego stopnia studiów przyrodniczych, w czasie których moga oni w aktywny sposób sledzic rozwój kopalnej platformy weglanowej i struktur postdepozycyjnych.

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