DOCSLIB.ORG

Baltic Sea Coast) Studied with Persistent Scatterers Interferometry

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Baltic Sea Coast) Studied with Persistent Scatterers Interferometry Acta Geodyn. Geomater., Vol. 9, No. 1 (165), 19–29, 2012 NATURAL RECENT EARTH SURFACE DISPLACEMENTS OF SAMBIA PENINSULA (BALTIC SEA COAST) STUDIED WITH PERSISTENT SCATTERERS INTERFEROMETRY Zbigniew PERSKI 1)* and Marek MRÓZ 2) 1) Polish Geological Institute – National Research Institute, Carpathian Branch, Skrzatow 1, 31-560 Cracow – Poland 2) Department of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn, 1, Oczapowski Street, 10-718 Olsztyn – Poland *Corresponding author‘s e-mail: [email protected] (Received October 2011, accepted January 2012) ABSTRACT The paper describes the results of Persistent Scatterers Interferometry (PSI) study of Sambia peninsula. The idea of this work was to verify the hypothesis whether any terrain surface deformation that occur in Sambia area, could be interpreted as related to tectonic processes. Moreover, if any movements are detected what is their relationship to the 21 September 2004 earthquake? To answer these questions SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) data from European satellites ERS-1 and ERS-2 acquired from 1992 to 2001 were processed with interferometric techniques to archive independent data about terrain surface deformation. The obtained results – 4 sets of PS (Persistent Scatterers) points with calculated movement velocities (mm/yr) according to linear model were compared with published results of terrestrial measurements. The analysis of PS results confirms the occurrence of terrain deformations of tectonic origin of few mm/yr. The distribution of deformation velocities suggest its relationship to the recent activity occurring along two E-W trending seismoactive sub-zones located along Pregola river valley and possibly in the northern coast of Sambia Peninsula. KEYWORDS: SAR Interferometry, Persistent Scatterers Interferometry, seismoactive zones, Kaliningrad earthquake 1. INTRODUCTION – THE EXCEPTIONAL Husebye and Mantyniemi, 2005; Ulomov et al., KALININGRAD EARTHQUAKE 2008). Many local damages and deformations Sambia peninsula was considered as a seismical- associated with the earthquakes were recorded like ly quiet region and therefore the earthquakes occurred e.g. ground cracks, railway and riverbed collapses and on September 21, 2004 in the territory of Russian failures of the open pits edges due to landsliding, Kaliningrad enclave concerned big attention of small sinkholes. Good study of the local damages has seismologists and mass media. According to been given by Nikonov (Nikonov, 2011). The seismological records it was not a single event but two earthquakes caused minor damages to the buildings in quakes occurred on 11:05 UTC and 13:32 UTC Kaliningrad enclave and also in northern Poland followed by a fairly large aftershock recorded (Assinovskaya and Gorshkov, 2005; Gregersen et al., 4 minutes later (Gregersen et al., 2007). There were 2007; Nikonov, 2005, Nikonov et. al., 2006; Nikonov, several other small aftershocks that were felt, though 2010b). not recorded instrumentally. The magnitudes of the Due to exceptional character of Kaliningrad events were about 5.0 and 5.3, respectively, which earthquakes the authors decided to study a potential makes the two events one of the largest quakes noted earth surface deformations associated with the seismic in the 1000-year written history of the area (Nikonov event with spaceborne SAR (Synthetic Aperture et al., 2006; Nikonov, 2009, 2010a,b; Gregersen et al., Radar) interferometry. Unfortunately, due to lack of 2007; Wiejacz et al., 2006). However, such SAR data acquisitions of small temporal baseline – magnitudes could be classified according to global i.e. acquired just before and just after the earthquake Richter’s scale as moderate events; their macroseismic such “classical” study was impossible. However, evidences were very impressive. The two largest thanks to big data archive from European satellites quakes were widely felt in Kaliningrad enclave, ERS-1 and ERS-2 it becomes possible to check northern Poland, Lithuania, Estonia, Latvia and whether any measurable deformations in southern part Finland. Surface vibrations were felt also far away, in of Sambia peninsula could be detected during 8-years eastern Denmark, Belarus, Norway and in high-rise period prior to the earthquake. The presented paper is buildings in St. Petersburg (Gregersen et al., 2007; summarizing the results of that study. 20 Z. Perski and M. Mróz 2. GEOLOGY AND GEODYNAMICS OF SAMBIA Recent terrain deformations within Sambia area PENINSULA have been measured with leveling techniques and Kaliningrad region is located at the margin of the derived from sea level variations measured by East European Platform (EEP) and between two major mareograph stations in Svetlogorsk, Pioneer, Baltijsk Precambrian shields in Europe, i.e. Ukrainian Shield and Kaliningrad (Nikonov et al., 2009). According to and Baltic Shield. The basement of Sambia peninsula short term mareographs record Sambia peninsula is belongs to West Lithuanian Granulite domain uplifting from +1.1 mm/yr in the north to 3.9 mm/yr (Husebye and Mantyniemi, 2005) and is composed by in the south (Fig. 1). Unfortunately main part of the alternating belts of metamorphic rocks of amphibolite repeated leveling line was parallel to E-W direction and granulite phaces. The basement rocks are covered and therefore parallel to seismoactive zones. The by Paleo-Proterozoic sediments and young Quaternary velocities obtained by leveling show similar values to sediments. The sedimentary cover of Kaliningrad area mareograph data. However, several anomalies have is relatively thin, having 0.5 to 2.5 km total thickness been noted and described as the zones of contrast (Nikonov et al., 2009). movements (Nikonov et al., 2009). The locations of Neogeodynamically, according to the map of the anomalies agree very well with the general trace of vertical movements since the beginning of Rupelian southern seismoactive sub-zone. According to the stage (Ludwig, 2003), the Sambia peninsula remains values of recent movement velocities the Sambia stable. However, the authors of the map draw the peninsula is affected by gradual subsidence that faults bounding Sambia peninsula along the northern occurring westward and southwestward (Nikonov et and southern coasts (Fig. 1). These faults has been al., 2009). described as the Kaliningrad-Lithuanian potentially seismoactive zone by Aizberg at al. (1999). According 3. SEISMICITY OF SAMBIA AREA to these authors the zone is the western continuation The region of Sambia peninsula was considered of the large Kurzem-Polotsk faults zone and includes as not seismically active and no seismic processed three subzones: northern, central and southern. Within have been studied. Nikonov (2008) compiled the first the area of Sambia Peninsula central and southern catalogue of the earthquakes for this region paying subzones are located. Central subzone was described special attention to eliminate all events of as a small-amplitude rupture displacement associated anthropogenic origin and also non-tectonic frost with the regional active fault controlling the linear earthquakes (Nikonov, 2010a). According to this relief features. According to geological and author, over the period of 1990-2006 the seismic geophysical data the structure is present in the activity was increased in 1995 and 2004 with basement and cover sediments and it corresponds to tendency to southward spatial migration. a maximum magnitudes of Mmax = 4.0 with mini- The epicenter locations of 21 September 2004 mum depth to the earthquake focus H = 5 km. The earthquakes according to available instrumental data southern subzone consists of two latitudinal faults also have been calculated by different authors. All these determined from geological and geophysical data. The estimates differ significantly since the nearest seismic considered faults are situated in a zone of rather strong station was located in Suwałki in Poland, some neotectonic deformations and therefore the subzone 220 km away. Early estimates presented by Wiejacz was classified as active with corresponding values of (2004) suggest that the epicenters of both main shocks Mmax = 4.0; H = 5 km (Aizberg et al., 1999). were located offshore, close to southwestern coast The main neogeodynamical feature of northern near Baltijsk town. According to Nikonov (2006) the Europe is the postglacial uplift in Fennoscandia. epicenters of two main shocks were located at the sea Sambia peninsula and southern Baltic coast are bottom, but close to northern and western coast of located in its marginal zone where vertical Sambia. Epicenters calculated by Husebye and deformations are close to zero. A good review of this Mantyniemi (2005) are locating the earthquake close neotectonic feature was given by (Fjeldskaar et al., to the center of the peninsula. Good reviews of 2000). According to the model presented by different epicenter locations was given by Gregersen Gudmundsson (1999) the marginal zones of et al. (2007) and Aleshin et al. (2007, 2009). All postglacial uplift are affected by compressional stress analysis emphasizing that instrumental data and fields and therefore strike-slip and reverse faulting macroseismic fields are significantly diverges. may occur. Similar conception was derived by According to macroseismic observations Gründhal (2003) who analyzed directions of recent (Assinovskaya and Ovsov, 2008) which are more maximal stress of Central Europe. The Kaliningrad consistent than instrumental data, the highest intensity area, Baltic countries
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Variability in Planktonic Community Caused by Sub-Mesoscale Eddies and Spatial Features of the Baltic Sea Coast
    EGU2020-21523, updated on 29 Sep 2021 https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-21523 EGU General Assembly 2020 © Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Variability in planktonic community caused by sub-mesoscale eddies and spatial features of the Baltic Sea coast Elena Kudryavtseva, Tatiana Bukanova, Sergey Aleksandrov, Sergey Mosharov, Olga Dmitrieva, Anastasia Melnik, Alexander Krek, and Elena Ezhova Shirshov Institute of oceanology RAS, Russian Federation ([email protected]) Our study examines the features of photosynthetic processes that occurred in the coastal area of the south-eastern Baltic Sea during the advanced phase of intensive summer bloom of 2018. We aim for a better understanding of short-time variability in primary production coupled with planktonic composition and phytoplankton functional activity in relation to location of nutrients sources on the coast and sub-mesoscale eddies, which appear over the coastal slope of Cape Taran and move alongside the Sambia Peninsula coast. These two-day studies, conducted on board of research vessels, represent a snapshot of a highly variable ecosystem alongside the Sambia Peninsula and Curonian Spit at the end of summer. Satellite images of sea surface temperatures and chlorophyll «a» concentration were also used for identification of spatial variations and eddies; the circulation conditions were derived from the operational system SatBaltyk. Across the coastal area, the effects of physico-chemical conditions influenced the phytoplankton composition and photosynthetic activity. In the south, the hot weather as well as the impacts of the Vistula Lagoon and the Amber combine affected the increase of nutrients and caused the strongest cyanobacterial bloom.
    [Show full text]
  • Contemporary Dynamics of the Sea Shore of Kaliningrad Oblast
    Archives of Hydro-Engineering and Environmental Mechanics Vol. 65 (2018), No. 2, pp. 143–159 DOI: 10.1515/heem-2018-0010 © IBW PAN, ISSN 1231–3726 Contemporary Dynamics of the Sea Shore of Kaliningrad Oblast Konstantin Karmanov1, Eugeniy Burnashov1, Boris Chubarenko2 1 SBI KO “Baltberegozashchita”, Svetlogorsk, 238560, Khutorskaya 1, Russia, e-mails: konstantin.karmanoff@yandex.ru, burnashov−[email protected] 2 Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 117997, Nahimovskiy prospekt 36, Russia, e-mail: [email protected] (corresponding author) (Received October 10, 2018; revised December 19, 2018) Abstract The article presents estimations of coastline retreat and advance in Kaliningrad Oblast at 85 monitoring points for a ten-year period of 2007–2017, based on monitoring data supplemented with satellite image analysis. The mean annual rate of coastline retreat and advance was esti- mated in general for each of the four major morpholithodynamic segments of the coastline: the Vistula (−0:2 m/year) and Curonian (−0:4 m/year) spits, as well as the western (−0:5 m/year) and northern (−0:2 m/year) shores of the Sambia Peninsula. The analysis of the shore protec- tion measures implemented in Kaliningrad Oblast from 2007 to 2017 showed that the length of protected shore segments increased by 30% to 14.5 km, which is 10% of the total coast- line. The obtained scheme of long-term mean annual rates of coastline retreat and advance clearly demonstrates an uneven distribution of eroded segments along the shores of Kalin- ingrad Oblast, however the sea shore of Kaliningrad Oblast is mainly susceptible to erosion (44%).
    [Show full text]
  • EGU2016-5892-1, 2016 EGU General Assembly 2016 © Author(S) 2016
    Geophysical Research Abstracts Vol. 18, EGU2016-5892-1, 2016 EGU General Assembly 2016 © Author(s) 2016. CC Attribution 3.0 License. Qualitative and quantitative composition of microplastics particles during the expeditionary measurement program in the South-Eastern Baltic Sea Elena Esiukova, Margarita Bagaeva, and Natalia Chubarenko Atlantic branch of P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology RAS, Laboratory for Marine Physics, Kaliningrad, Russian Federation ([email protected]) According to the tasks of the Russian Science Foundation project “Physical and dynamical properties of marine microplastics particles and their transport in a basin with vertical and horizontal salinity gradient on the example of the Baltic Sea” number 15-17-10020, a comprehensive expeditionary program of measurements in the South- Eastern Baltic started. The project is aimed at finding solutions for a number of problems caused by superfluous plastic pollution in the World Ocean and, in particular, in the Baltic Sea. This pollution has been accumulating for years and just recently it has become obvious that only multidisciplinary approach (geographical, biological, chemical, etc.) to the issues related to the processes of transformation of properties and propagation of plastic particles will allow the study of physical aspects of the problem. During the first stage of the study samples should be selected from the water surface, water column at various horizons, bottom sediments in the Baltic Sea, from different areas at the beaches – in order to further examine the qualitative and quantitative composition of microplastic particles in different seasons for different hydrophysical situations. Reconnaissance survey was begun to choose the fields for research close to point and distributed sources of microplastics.
    [Show full text]
  • Education Guide for the Assessment of E of Assessment the for Duc a Tion from the Republic of POL of Republic the from Tion
    International Education Guide Education International FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF E DUC A TION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF International Education Guide POL FOR THE ASSESSMENT A ND OF EDUCATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND International Education Guide FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND .ii INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GUIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND .iii INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION GUIDE FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF education FROM THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND Welcome to the Alberta Government’s International Education Guides The International Qualifications Assessment Service (IQAS) developed the International Education Guides for educational institutions, employers and professional licensing bodies to help facilitate and streamline their decisions regarding the recognition of international credentials. These guides compare educational systems from around the world to educational standards inC anada. The assessment recommendations contained in the guides are based on extensive research and well documented standards and criteria. This research project, a first in Canada, is based on a broad range of international resources and considerable expertise within the IQAS program. Organizations can use these guides to make accurate and efficient decisions regarding the recognition of international credentials. The International Education Guides serve as a resource comparing Alberta standards with those of other countries, and will assist all those who need to make informed decisions, including: • employers who need to know
    [Show full text]
  • The Development of New Trans-Border Water Routes in the South-East Baltic: Methodology and Practice Kropinova, Elena G.; Anokhin, Aleksey
    www.ssoar.info The development of new trans-border water routes in the South-East Baltic: methodology and practice Kropinova, Elena G.; Anokhin, Aleksey Veröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Zeitschriftenartikel / journal article Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Kropinova, E. G., & Anokhin, A. (2014). The development of new trans-border water routes in the South-East Baltic: methodology and practice. Baltic Region, 3, 121-136. https://doi.org/10.5922/2079-8555-2014-3-11 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer Free Digital Peer Publishing Licence This document is made available under a Free Digital Peer zur Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den DiPP-Lizenzen Publishing Licence. For more Information see: finden Sie hier: http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/service/dppl/ http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/service/dppl/ Diese Version ist zitierbar unter / This version is citable under: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51373-9 E. Kropinova, A. Anokhin This article offers an integrative ap- THE DEVELOPMENT proach to the development of trans-border water routes. Route development is analy- OF NEW TRANS-BORDER sed in the context of system approach as in- WATER ROUTES tegration of geographical, climatic, mea- ning-related, infrastructural, and market- IN THE SOUTH-EAST ing components. The authors analyse the Russian and European approaches to route BALTIC: METHODOLOGY development. The article focuses on the in- stitutional environment and tourist and rec- AND PRACTICE reational resources necessary for water route development. Special attention is paid to the activity aspect of tourist resour- * ces. At the same time, the development of Ö.
    [Show full text]
  • 49 Since 1961 BALTICA Volume 31 Number 1 June 2018: 49–62
    since 1961 BALTICA Volume 31 Number 1 June 2018: 49–62 https://doi.org/10.5200/baltica.2018.31.05 Coastal dynamics of the eastern Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea: toward a quantitative assessment Alexander Sergeev, Daria Ryabchuk, Vladimir Zhamoida, Igor Leont’yev, Alexander Kolesov, Olga Kovaleva, Kaarel Orviku Sergeev, A., Ryabchuk, D., Zhamoida, V., Leont’yev, I., Kolesov, A., Kovaleva, O., Orviku, K., 2018. Coastal dynam- ics of the eastern Gulf of Finland, the Baltic Sea: toward a quantitative assessment. Baltica, 31 (1), 49–62. Vilnius. ISSN 0067-3064. Manuscript submitted 28 March 2018 / Accepted 21 May 2018 / Published online 28 June 2018 © Baltica 2018 Abstract The easternmost part of the Gulf of Finland is characterized by intense coastal processes dominated by wave erosion. Reliable prediction of the coastal zone development, as well as effective strategy for coastal protection, demands a quantitative assessment of beach transformation and volume of sediment loss as a result of extreme storms. The main goal of this study based on results of terrestrial laser scanning was to establish volumes of eroded, transported, and redeposited sand during storm surge events that occurred between 2012 and 2017, and to verify a mathematical model of beach profile changes within key areas located in the Ku- rortny District of St. Petersburg (Gulf of Finland, Baltic Sea), where the longest set of levelling and terrestrial laser scanning was conducted. The resulting detailed 3D GIS models of coastal relief, based on high-resolution geodesic surveys, produced a highly reliable database of beachface transformation under the extreme storm impact and quantitative assessment of erosion volumes and sediment loss.
    [Show full text]
  • Oil Pollution in the Baltic Sea the Handbook of Environmental Chemistry
    The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry 27 Series Editors: Damià Barceló · Andrey G. Kostianoy Andrey G. Kostianoy Olga Yu. Lavrova Editors Oil Pollution in the Baltic Sea The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Founded by Otto Hutzinger Editors-in-Chief: Damia` Barcelo´ l Andrey G. Kostianoy Volume 27 Advisory Board: Jacob de Boer, Philippe Garrigues, Ji-Dong Gu, Kevin C. Jones, Thomas P. Knepper, Alice Newton, Donald L. Sparks The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry Recently Published and Forthcoming Volumes Oil Pollution in the Baltic Sea Global Risk-Based Management of Volume Editors: A.G. Kostianoy Chemical Additives I: Production, and O.Yu. Lavrova Usage and Environmental Occurrence Vol. 27, 2014 Volume Editors: B. Bilitewski, R.M. Darbra, and D. Barcelo´ Urban Air Quality in Europe Vol. 18, 2012 Volume Editor: M. Viana Vol. 26, 2013 Polyfluorinated Chemicals and Transformation Products Climate Change and Water Resources Volume Editors: T.P. Knepper Volume Editors: T. Younos and C.A. Grady and F.T. Lange Vol. 25, 2013 Vol. 17, 2012 Emerging Organic Contaminants in Brominated Flame Retardants Sludges: Analysis, Fate and Biological Volume Editors: E. Eljarrat and D. Barcelo´ Treatment Vol. 16, 2011 Volume Editors: T. Vicent, G. Caminal, E. Eljarrat, and D. Barcelo´ Effect-Directed Analysis of Complex Vol. 24, 2013 Environmental Contamination Volume Editor: W. Brack Global Risk-Based Management of Vol. 15, 2011 Chemical Additives II: Risk-Based Assessment and Management Strategies Waste Water Treatment and Reuse Volume Editors: B. Bilitewski, R.M. Darbra, in the Mediterranean Region and D. Barcelo´ Volume Editors: D. Barcelo´ and M. Petrovic Vol. 23, 2013 Vol.
    [Show full text]
  • The Effect of Railway Network Evolution on the Kaliningrad Region's Landscape Environment Romanova, Elena; Vinogradova, Olga; Kretinin, Gennady; Drobiz, Mikhail
    www.ssoar.info The effect of railway network evolution on the Kaliningrad region's landscape environment Romanova, Elena; Vinogradova, Olga; Kretinin, Gennady; Drobiz, Mikhail Veröffentlichungsversion / Published Version Zeitschriftenartikel / journal article Empfohlene Zitierung / Suggested Citation: Romanova, E., Vinogradova, O., Kretinin, G., & Drobiz, M. (2015). The effect of railway network evolution on the Kaliningrad region's landscape environment. Baltic Region, 4, 137-149. https://doi.org/10.5922/2074-9848-2015-4-11 Nutzungsbedingungen: Terms of use: Dieser Text wird unter einer Free Digital Peer Publishing Licence This document is made available under a Free Digital Peer zur Verfügung gestellt. Nähere Auskünfte zu den DiPP-Lizenzen Publishing Licence. For more Information see: finden Sie hier: http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/service/dppl/ http://www.dipp.nrw.de/lizenzen/dppl/service/dppl/ Diese Version ist zitierbar unter / This version is citable under: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-51411-4 E. Romanova, O. Vinogradova, G. Kretinin, M. Drobiz This article addresses methodology of THE EFFECT OF RAILWAY modern landscape studies from the NETWORK EVOLUTION perspective of natural and man-made components of a territory. Railway infras- ON THE KALININGRAD tructure is not only an important system- REGION’S LANDSCAPE building element of economic and settle- ENVIRONMENT ment patterns; it also affects cultural landscapes. The study of cartographic materials and historiography made it possible to identify the main stages of the * development of the Kaliningrad railway E. Romanova , network in terms of its territorial scope and O. Vinogradova*, to describe causes of the observed changes. * Historically, changes in the political, eco- G.
    [Show full text]
  • International Workshop and SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
    SEISMICITY AND SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF EXCURSION GUIDE BALTIC SEA REGION AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES International Workshop SS S EEEIIISSSMMMIIICCCIIITTTYYY AND SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE BALTIC SEA REGION AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES September 10–12, 2007 Vilnius, Lithuania VOLUME OF ABSTRACTS VVOOLLUUMMEE OOFF AABBSSTTRRAACCTTSS Vilnius, 2007 AND SEISMOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS OF THE BALTIC SEA REGION SEISMICITY VVVOOOLLLUUUMMMEEE OOOFFF AAABBBSSSTTTRRRAAACCCTTTSSS SEISMICITY AND ADJACENT TERRITORIES September 10–12, 2007, Lithuania International Workshop “Seismicity and seismological observations of the Baltic Sea region and adjacent territories”, September 10–12, 2007, Vilnius, Lithuania: Volume of abstracts / Compiled by. J. Lazauskienė, J. Satkūnas; International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), International Borders – Geoenvironmental Concerns (IBC), Lithuanian Geological Survey. – Vilnius: LGT, 2007. – 80 p.: iliustr. Workshop is held under auspice of IUGS–GEM working group – International Borders – Geoenvironmental Concerns (IBC) Organising Committee Chairman: Dr. Jonas Satkūnas, Lithuanian Geological Survey Secretary: Dr. Jurga Lazauskienė, Lithuanian Geological Survey Members: Dr. Jolanta Čyžienė, Lithuanian Geological Survey M. Sc. Andrius Pačėsa, Lithuanian Geological Survey Advisory board Valērijs Ņikuļins, Latvian Environmental, Geological and Meteorological Agency, Riga, Latvia Prof. Dr. Habil. Saulius Šliaupa, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania Structure and aims of the workshop The workshop is devoted to the
    [Show full text]
  • CASE STUDIES: INTERNAL STATUS REPORT Balticrim WP 3: Goa 3.4/O3.4 Coordinated By: Coastal Research and Planning Institute
    CASE STUDIES: INTERNAL STATUS REPORT BalticRIM WP 3: GoA 3.4/O3.4 Coordinated by: Coastal Research and Planning Institute Introduction. This is a complimentary exercise in order to trace the progress and the level of UCH/MCH topic integration into the official MSP. Case studies do reflect the changes while understanding, recognizing and utilizing the underwater cultural heritage objects as a sensitive and valuable assets and further more – guides through the different levels of UCH/MCH recognition, classification, regulatory framework and formal introduction into the planning documents on the equal rights as other sea uses are. Description of the BalticRIM project case studies aims to show the status before and progress after the project implementation. The UCH/MCH as a topic integration into the national MSP requires different functional components to be established: - Institutional set-up to provide, update and document the relevant information/datasets; - Proper database with clear categorization and description of the assets; - Principles of determination of level of protection (no go, highly protected, under research, open for recreational/educational purposes or similar) and/or utilization character (for science, tourism, education, other); - Delineation of the “to-be-established MCH/UCH” site including location map and the description of the assets; - Status of introduction (under investigation, recommended, potential – introduced and under development, established and regulated, under revision etc.) in to the national planning documents (MSP, regional development plan, or others). Case study description should help understanding - what is/was the status before the project is started, what are the initiatives/activities planned within the project framework, what results are to be expected at the end of the project.
    [Show full text]
  • Finds of Roman Coins in Poland – Lesser Poland
    Roman Numismatics Jarosław Bodzek, Kamil Kopij, Emilia Smagur Finds of Roman Coins in Poland – Lesser Poland. Preliminary Report Introduction the Jagiellonian University – Szymon Jellonek, Barbara The project “Finds of Roman Coins in Poland – Lesser Zając and Paulina Koczwara. Poland” is part of the larger project “Finds of Roman Coins in Poland and connected historically with PL” 1. FRC PL Database (FRC PL), directed by Professor Aleksander Bursche The database software, created in cooperation with from the Institute of Archaeology of the University the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut and Goethe- of Warsaw and funded by a grant from “The National Universität in Frankfurt, has been adapted to our Programme for the Development of Humanities” of the specific needs. For instance, it permits the usage of local Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education1. Its historical names and diverse administrative divisions in timescale runs from 2013 to 2017. The project’s aim different languages, which is especially important in is to create an online database that gathers into one the case of modern Ukraine and the Kaliningrad district place all material associated with Roman coin finds territory. The database, which will continue to be added from both Poland and some regions of neighbouring to, is intended to serve as a tool for both search queries countries that once formed part of the Polish Lithuanian and statistical analysis and includes a function that can Commonwealth (East Galicia = NW Ukraine and the export data as CSV files. This export of data enables the Duchy of Prussia = the Sambia Peninsula) 2. A further mapping of finds thanks to multiple applications such as target is to prepare five volumes of Roman coin find Google fusion tables, qGIS, Google Maps and cartodb.
    [Show full text]
  • Pottery of the Funnel Beaker Culture in Settlement Contexts of the North-Eastern Coast of the Vistula Lagoon: Case Studies of Ushakovo and Pribrezhnoye Sites
    Baltic-Pontic Studies vol. 24: 2019-2020, 7-26 ISSN 1231-0344 DOI 10.2478/bps-2019-0005 Edwin Zaltsman* POTTERY OF THE FUNNEL BEAKER CULTURE IN SETTLEMENT CONTEXTS OF THE NORTH-EASTERN COAST OF THE VISTULA LAGOON: CASE STUDIES OF USHAKOVO AND PRIBREZHNOYE SITES *ORCID 0000-0001-9726-9273; Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Archaeology, Neolithic Branch, 236039 Kaliningrad, B. Khmelnitskiy str., 28–30, Russia; edwin_zalc- [email protected] ABSTRACT The article characterises new materials obtained in the course of stud- ies of Neolithic (according to the Baltic periodisation) settlements of the Vistula Lagoon coast. These sources according to all their fea- tures belong to the Funnel Beaker culture, whose monuments were previously unknown in the region. All Funnel Beaker materials were identified in settlements, the main cultural complexes of which be- long to the Primorskaya culture. Small sites of the Funnel Beaker culture existed here before the arrival of the Primorskaya population. In Ushakovo 3, Funnel Beaker pottery were found in the cultural layer in the eastern part of the excavation area, where it lies mainly separate from ceramics of the Primorskaya culture. In Pribrezhnoye, in addition to pottery, traces of two constructions with a double-row pillar wall structure were found. Buildings were of a ground type, elongated, with a width of not more than 3.20 m. Technological and morphological characteristics of ceramic fragments found within the buildings leave no doubt that these complexes belong to the Funnel Beaker culture. Also, two amphorae with typical features of the ‘badenised’ Funnel Beaker culture were revealed here.
    [Show full text]