Występowanie oraz eksploatacja torfów na terenie środkowego Nadodrza
Abstract
ON THE OCCURRENCE AND EXPLOITATION OF PEATS IN THE MIDDLE ODRA RIVER AREA
Summary
The Middle Odra river area is situated in western Poland (Figs. l, 2). Peatbogs occurring here are mainly limited to the areas effected by the youngest, Baltic Glaciation (Fig. 3). They are mainly concentrated in glacial furrows and ancient valleys (Fig. 1 and Table I). Small peatbogs of an area up to 50 hectares are most common (Fig. 4) whereas large ones, 200 to 5000 hectares in area, are innumerous but, nevertheless, occupy larger part of this region than the remaining ones (Fig. 5) and comprise the bulk of peat resources (Fig. 6). To sum up, in the Middle Odra river area there are 1178 peatbogs of an area of 39 850 hectares (2.7% of area of this region) and dry peat mass resources of 342 766 thousand m3.
Figure 9 shows the scale and aims of exploitation of peats after the II w. w. The exploitation, carried out by the carrier (strip mining) method (Fig. 11), was stopped in 1964 as uneconomical (Fig. 9) in comparison with brown and black coals and because of some regulations.
Summary
The Middle Odra river area is situated in western Poland (Figs. l, 2). Peatbogs occurring here are mainly limited to the areas effected by the youngest, Baltic Glaciation (Fig. 3). They are mainly concentrated in glacial furrows and ancient valleys (Fig. 1 and Table I). Small peatbogs of an area up to 50 hectares are most common (Fig. 4) whereas large ones, 200 to 5000 hectares in area, are innumerous but, nevertheless, occupy larger part of this region than the remaining ones (Fig. 5) and comprise the bulk of peat resources (Fig. 6). To sum up, in the Middle Odra river area there are 1178 peatbogs of an area of 39 850 hectares (2.7% of area of this region) and dry peat mass resources of 342 766 thousand m3.
Figure 9 shows the scale and aims of exploitation of peats after the II w. w. The exploitation, carried out by the carrier (strip mining) method (Fig. 11), was stopped in 1964 as uneconomical (Fig. 9) in comparison with brown and black coals and because of some regulations.