UDZIAŁ WÓD Z CIEKÓW W ZASILANIU POZIOMU WODONOŚNEGO JURY GÓRNEJ NA OBSZARZE WYŻYNY KRAKOWSKIEJ

Abstract

THE PART OF WATER COURSES IN RECHARGE OF THE UPPER JURASSIC AQUIFER IN CRACOW UPLAND AREAAbstract. The paper present the problem of water infiltration from water courses into the basement in the karstic area of Cracow Upland against the background of its hydrographic system. The dynamics of seasonal changes of water infiltration from water courses into the basement were characterised based on 8 series of tests. This characterisation includes also the underground water flow in some fragmentary karstic catchment areas of the Dłubnia and Rudawa rivers, both left-bank tributaries of the Vistula River. It was found that this phenomenon was widespread on a regional scale and the dynamic character of subsurface infiltration is controlled by recharge variability. However, its contribution to the total Upper Jurassic aquifer recharge is small.