%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor %A Nita, Jerzy %D 2012 %J Geographia Polonica %K economy geology history tourism %N 4 %P 5-12 %R http://dx.doi.org./10.7163/GPol.2012.4.20 %T Quarries in landscape and geotourism %U http://www.geographiapolonica.pl/ %V 85 %X In Poland there are about 590 actively quarried deposits of mineral resources referred to as natural building stone, or quarry stone (database Midas). According to data from the Polish Geological Institute 730 medium and large quarries are located throughout the country. Most of the quarries work sandstone, limestone, granite, basalt or dolomite. The largest Polish sites exceed 1 km2 in area, while those in other countries can be larger than 10 km2. Once its mineral working operations cease, a quarry begins functioning in harmony with the landscape as a former mineral working site. That is when the biotic and abiotic elements arrive at a state of equilibrium. The scenic function of a quarry should be interpreted as a set of elements, composed of escarpments, cliffs, spoil heaps, the stage of exploitation, etc. The paper discusses the impact of quarries on the landscape and their potential value for geotourism.

@article{noauthororeditor, abstract = {In Poland there are about 590 actively quarried deposits of mineral resources referred to as natural building stone, or quarry stone (database Midas). According to data from the Polish Geological Institute 730 medium and large quarries are located throughout the country. Most of the quarries work sandstone, limestone, granite, basalt or dolomite. The largest Polish sites exceed 1 km2 in area, while those in other countries can be larger than 10 km2. Once its mineral working operations cease, a quarry begins functioning in harmony with the landscape as a former mineral working site. That is when the biotic and abiotic elements arrive at a state of equilibrium. The scenic function of a quarry should be interpreted as a set of elements, composed of escarpments, cliffs, spoil heaps, the stage of exploitation, etc. The paper discusses the impact of quarries on the landscape and their potential value for geotourism.}, added-at = {2021-04-29T09:23:49.000+0200}, author = {Nita, Jerzy}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e60ea81def8e3f2646c76a3638a37665/kluka}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org./10.7163/GPol.2012.4.20}, interhash = {b17381329d5269f235085f4191a8c061}, intrahash = {e60ea81def8e3f2646c76a3638a37665}, journal = {Geographia Polonica}, keywords = {economy geology history tourism}, language = {english}, number = 4, pages = {5-12}, timestamp = {2021-05-07T09:01:33.000+0200}, title = {Quarries in landscape and geotourism}, url = {http://www.geographiapolonica.pl/}, volume = 85, year = 2012 }