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The authors proposed a novel </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 55.68%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00964);" role="presentation">multi-step workflow for finding these structures. To be able to delineate the structures from microseismic events </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 57.17%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02577);" role="presentation">with greater accuracy, a collapsing algorithm was used. Then, based on the Hierarchical Density-Based Spatial </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 58.65%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01781);" role="presentation">Clustering of Applications with Noise (HDBSCAN) clustering algorithm and the elongation coefficient of each </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 60.14%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02176);" role="presentation">cluster, probable fissures were identified and compared against the maximum horizontal stress direction. In ad</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 61.62%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02086);" role="presentation">dition, based on the 3D seismic data from the Wysin and the calculated geomechanical parameters in the moni</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 63.1%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00468);" role="presentation">toring well, the probability classes of brittleness indices in the LMR (λρ-μρ) parameter domain were determined. </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 64.59%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00106);" role="presentation">A comparative analysis was performed between the two variants of microseismic event location (before and after </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 66.07%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02099);" role="presentation">the collapsing procedure) and the estimated probability of a given class of brittleness index. The comparison of </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 67.56%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00693);" role="presentation">the event location with the 3D seismic data was used to validate the results before and after collapsing due to the </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 69.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.997052);" role="presentation">high resolution of the seismic method. It is shown that the collapsed events appeared in more rigid regions, where </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 70.53%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.997685);" role="presentation">more energy release is expected.</span></p> Elżbieta Węglińska, Andrzej Leśniak, Andrzej Pasternacki, Paweł Wandycz Copyright (c) 2024 https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/5915 Fri, 21 Jun 2024 00:00:00 +0200 Hydrochemical aspects of water exchange through the bottom of headwater stream in suburban zone on the example of the Malina watercourse in Zgierz (Central Poland) https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/5820 <p><span dir="ltr" style="left: 21.1%; top: 47.16%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02687);" role="presentation">Among the many factors determining the quality of river waters, the influence of the hyporheic zone </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 48.63%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01895);" role="presentation">(HZ) is gaining in importance. Watercourses that exist in the higher parts of catchments are relatively steep and </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 50.09%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0168);" role="presentation">shallow, and the topography of their valleys activate hyporheic flow. The main goal of this work is to assess the </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 51.55%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01892);" role="presentation">impact of the HZ on the hydrochemical state of the head watercourse of the Malina in the suburbs of the city of </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 53.01%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03825);" role="presentation">Zgierz with the focus on biogenic compounds. The riverbed of this stream was researched across two distinct </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 54.47%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01991);" role="presentation">stretches: erosive and accumulative, which differ in the conditions for the hyporheic zone’s interaction with the </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 55.93%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02724);" role="presentation">riverbed. The nutrients are delivered to the stream mainly in the erosive stretch and are related to the inflow of </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 57.39%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.05374);" role="presentation">nutrient-rich groundwater from the urbanised catchment. The pollutants transported down by the stream are </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 58.85%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01376);" role="presentation">then delivered to the HZ in the accumulative stretch, where nitrates are denitrified and phosphates are deposited </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 60.31%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00844);" role="presentation">with the suspension. Ammonium nitrogen, in turn, is introduced into the stream from the HZ as a result of either </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 61.77%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03991);" role="presentation">the process of ammonification of organic matter deposited in sediments or inflow with polluted groundwater. </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 63.24%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01282);" role="presentation">The results indicate that the winter season is the most important period in shaping the interaction of river waters </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 64.7%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03605);" role="presentation">with the underlying hyporheic zone, in which the causal side of the relationship should be associated with the </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 66.16%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01441);" role="presentation">subchannel environment, and the effects are recorded in the river waters.</span></p> Maciej Ziułkiewicz, Rafał Grulke Copyright (c) 2024 https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/5820 Mon, 02 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200 Complex and spatial analysis of geophysical data recorded in the areas of karst forms developed in horst structures https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/6326 <p><span dir="ltr" style="left: 21.01%; top: 43.78%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00118);" role="presentation">The paper presents the results of geophysical surveys carried out over two voids occurring in limestone </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 45.2%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00519);" role="presentation">in the area of the Zakrzówek horst in Krakow, Poland. The first void was an anthropogenic cavern in the Kostrze </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 46.63%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.992419);" role="presentation">site (a district of Krakow), while the second one was the Jasna cave (located in a reserve named “The Twardowski </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 48.06%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01284);" role="presentation">Rocks”). The main terrain surveys were carried out using GPR (ground penetrating radar). To reduce interpreta</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 49.48%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01072);" role="presentation">tive ambiguity, the GPR results were correlated with additional results obtained from two other methods, i.e. the </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 50.91%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00634);" role="presentation">GCM (ground conductivity meter) and ERT (electrical resistivity tomography). The main aim of the geophysical </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 52.33%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.999978);" role="presentation">surveys was the detection and 3D visualisation of karst forms developed around both voids located in horst struc</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 53.76%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02517);" role="presentation">tures in limestone. The particular purpose of the research was to try to clarify the geological nature of the GPRn</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 55.18%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04544);" role="presentation">anomalies characterised by an almost complete lack of reflections; both ohmic and scattering attenuations of </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 56.61%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.012);" role="presentation">GPR signals were analysed to solve the reduction of the reflection amplitudes. Another important fact discussed </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 58.03%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01603);" role="presentation">in the paper was the low consistency and similarity of the results obtained from geophysical surveys carried out </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 59.46%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02202);" role="presentation">above the Jasna cave. The interpretation of the GPR and GCM data recorded over the anthropogenic cavern al</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 60.88%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00051);" role="presentation">lowed the places of strong weathering/fracturing of limestone to be indicated as well as a zone of limestone filled </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 62.31%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02282);" role="presentation">with clay-rich material. The interpretation of the GPR and ERT data recorded over the cave made it possible to </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 63.73%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0163);" role="presentation">identify areas of the strong weathering/fracturing of limestone, faults, anastomoses and karst chimneys.</span></p> Tomisław Gołębiowski, Michał Ćwiklik, Dominika Guzior Copyright (c) 2024 https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/6326 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200 Geothermal energy potential of Main Dolomite formation in SW Poland https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/6317 <p><span dir="ltr" style="left: 21.12%; top: 42.21%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02655);" role="presentation">This paper evaluates the geothermal potential of the Main Dolomite formation in an oil and gas field </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 43.64%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01405);" role="presentation">on the Fore-Sudetic Monocline (SW, Poland). The reservoir characterization included a well-logging interpreta</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 45.06%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04285);" role="presentation">tion and developed 3D petrophysical and temperature models that provided information on storage potential, </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 46.49%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04078);" role="presentation">transport properties, and temperature conditions in the analyzed carbonate formation. Geothermal energy po</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 47.91%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00111);" role="presentation">tential was assessed using heat in place (HIP) and recoverable heat (Hrec) parameters for water and CO</span><sub><span dir="ltr" style="left: 83.95%; top: 48.58%; font-family: serif;" role="presentation">2</span> </sub><span dir="ltr" style="left: 84.78%; top: 47.91%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.993178);" role="presentation">systems, </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 49.34%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02356);" role="presentation">considering a 50-year plant lifespan. Petrophysical and temperature data classify reservoirs using unsupervised </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 50.76%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02518);" role="presentation">machine learning, identifying zones with high and low geothermal potential, noting a strong limestone and do</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 52.19%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00708);" role="presentation">lomite dichotomy. Dolomite horizon shows more promising reservoir quality with mean porosity and permeabil</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 53.61%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00869);" role="presentation">ity of 0.045 and 0.4 mD, respectively, however, its mean thickness reaches 11.58 m at maximum. The calculated </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 55.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02394);" role="presentation">Hrec for a 50-year lifetime of a geothermal system varies across dolomite horizon. In the most promising areas </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 56.46%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.978853);" role="presentation">of NNW, WSW, and E parts, the values of Hrec are 8.19, 3.47, and 1.34 MW for water, respectively, and 0.69, 0.29, </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 57.89%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.990405);" role="presentation">and 0.11 MW for CO</span><sub><span dir="ltr" style="left: 28.5%; top: 58.56%; font-family: serif;" role="presentation">2</span> </sub><span dir="ltr" style="left: 29.35%; top: 57.89%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.997279);" role="presentation">as working fluids. Remarkably, the energy locked in the NNW zone constitutes nearly 21% </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 59.32%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03597);" role="presentation">of the total geothermal energy potential within the entire dolomite horizons of the study area. The geothermal </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 60.74%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0298);" role="presentation">resources for the most perspective location within the dolomite horizon were estimated at 12.99 and 1.09 MW </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 62.17%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.994261);" role="presentation">levels, using water and CO</span><sub><span dir="ltr" style="left: 32.32%; top: 62.83%; font-family: serif;" role="presentation">2</span></sub> <span dir="ltr" style="left: 33.17%; top: 62.17%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.991901);" role="presentation">as working fluids, respectively, assuming 50 years of the project’s lifetime.</span></p> Małgorzata Słota-Valim, Anita Lis-Śledziona, Tomasz Topór Copyright (c) 2024 https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/6317 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200 The usability of the Nash cascade-submerged cascade rainfall-runoff model with regard to other conceptual models https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/5773 <p><span dir="ltr" style="left: 21.1%; top: 41.1%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01954);" role="presentation">Conceptual hydrological models are an effective tool used to forecast runoff from catchments and as</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 42.52%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00263);" role="presentation">sess changes in catchment dynamics. The article presents a modified concept of the Diskin parallel cascade mod</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 43.95%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.996541);" role="presentation">el, with the replacement of one of the cascades with the submerged cascade model – the Nash cascade-submerged </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 45.37%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0269);" role="presentation">cascade model (NCSC2). Considering a watershed as a system where total runoff is determined by amounts of </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 46.8%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03825);" role="presentation">both surface and subsurface runoffs, the use of different model structures as surface and subsurface runoffs is </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 48.23%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00174);" role="presentation">reasonable. Adopting 13 different objective functions, the comparative analysis of NCSC2, Nash cascade, Diskin </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 49.65%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02059);" role="presentation">model, single linear reservoir and submerged reservoir cascade (SC2) models has been carried out in the catch</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 51.08%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.981626);" role="presentation">ment of six Polish rivers. The research has shown that the use of the submerged cascade as one of the Diskin model </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 52.5%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.995141);" role="presentation">cascades positively affects the quality of the model.</span></p> Norbert Laskowski, Jacek Kurnatowski Copyright (c) 2024 https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/5773 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200 Radiological analysis of food products of forest origin in the pollution zone of the Kamin-Kashyrskyi district of the Volyn region of Ukraine https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/6134 <p><span dir="ltr" style="left: 21.18%; top: 48.34%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04255);" role="presentation">The problem of the radiological contamination of food products from secondary forest use remains </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.28%; top: 49.77%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.04274);" role="presentation">relevant and requires targeted preventive measures, with the contamination being the result of the Chornobyl </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.28%; top: 51.19%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01694);" role="presentation">nuclear power plant disaster. The research was conducted with the aim of comprehensively monitoring the con</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.28%; top: 52.62%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02203);" role="presentation">tent of radionuclide</span> <sup><span dir="ltr" style="left: 28.17%; top: 52.51%; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.960121);" role="presentation">137</span></sup><span dir="ltr" style="left: 29.57%; top: 52.62%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02263);" role="presentation">Cs in forest products (Wild Bilberry (</span><em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 55.29%; top: 52.62%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00501);" role="presentation">Vaccinium myrtillus</span></em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 68.95%; top: 52.62%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.996182);" role="presentation">), Blackberries (</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 79.73%; top: 52.62%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.987363);" role="presentation">Rubus</span> <span dir="ltr" style="left: 84.41%; top: 52.62%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.988721);" role="presentation">L.), Wild </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01462);" role="presentation">Strawberries (</span><em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 23.85%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00038);" role="presentation">Fragaria vesca</span></em> <span dir="ltr" style="left: 34.07%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.00164);" role="presentation">L.), Raspberry (</span><em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 44.78%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.0097);" role="presentation">Rubus idaeus</span></em> <span dir="ltr" style="left: 54.34%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01139);" role="presentation">L.), together with</span> <em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 66.69%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02122);" role="presentation">Cantharellus cibarius</span></em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 81.23%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif;" role="presentation">,</span> <em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 82.07%; top: 54.04%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.984378);" role="presentation">Boletus edu</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 55.47%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.933687);" role="presentation">lis</span></em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 15.78%; top: 55.47%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03796);" role="presentation">, and</span> <em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 19.6%; top: 55.47%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.990558);" role="presentation">Leccinum scabrum</span> </em><span dir="ltr" style="left: 32.73%; top: 55.47%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.023);" role="presentation">mushrooms) of the zone of radioactive contamination of the Kamin-Kashyrskyi dis</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 56.89%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01214);" role="presentation">trict of the Volyn region. Samples were collected in 2020–2022. The total number of samples was 729 dried and </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 58.32%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02419);" role="presentation">975 fresh mushrooms and berries samples for 2020, 1,154 dried and 886 fresh samples for 2021, and 870 dried </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 59.74%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01623);" role="presentation">and 896 fresh samples for 2022. The results of research indicate that in the specified territory, and at the present </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 61.17%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02223);" role="presentation">moment, forest products are to be found with a significant content of the radionuclide</span> <sup><span dir="ltr" style="left: 73.42%; top: 61.06%; font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(0.960121);" role="presentation">137</span></sup><span dir="ltr" style="left: 74.82%; top: 61.17%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01087);" role="presentation">Cs, including those ex</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 62.59%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.03613);" role="presentation">ceeding the permissible levels. There is, therefore, a threat of further internal exposure of the local population </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 64.02%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.02604);" role="presentation">via access to procurement points of contaminated products and restaurants. In connection with the detection of </span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 65.44%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01937);" role="presentation">these pollutants in forest products in the studied area, further expansion of specialized radioecological monitor</span><span dir="ltr" style="left: 14.29%; top: 66.87%; font-size: calc(var(--scale-factor)*10.00px); font-family: serif; transform: scaleX(1.01756);" role="presentation">ing studies and strengthening of radiological control remains relevant.</span></p> Oksana Hromyk, Leonid Ilyin, Mykola Zinchuk, Igor Grygus, Serhii Korotun, Walery Zukow Copyright (c) 2024 https://journals.agh.edu.pl/geol/article/view/6134 Mon, 30 Sep 2024 00:00:00 +0200