The present study analysed how growth of the Norway spruce (Picea abies (L.) H.Karst.) is influenced by site conditions throughout Eastern and Southern Romanian Carpathians. In order to achieve aim objectives stated in study, volume stands was taken into account grouped six transects, both north–south direction Carpathians east–west We used data that were extracted from forest management plans ...

West Carpathian Mesozoic paleogeographic development indicates the effect of a left lateral shift of the Alpine- Carpathian microcontinent along the European shelf since the Early Jurassic. The evolution during Late Triassic/Early Jurassic was controlled by convergence along the border of the Meliata Ocean and by contemporaneous divergence along the Middle Atlantic/Penninic rift. During Mid-Cre...

The study presents the prevalence of Yersinia species in dunnok Prunella modularis from the sub-alpine zone of the Western Carpathians. Bacteria were detected from cloacal and pharyngeal swabs from 97 specimens using PCR assay. Yersinia enterocolitica showed the highest prevalence (47.4%) from among the determined Yersinia species. Yersinia species (except Y frederiksenii) were detected more fr...

In the Variscan Western Tatra granites hybridization phenomena such as mixing and mingling can be observed at the contact of mafic precursors of dioritic composition and more felsic granitic host rocks. The textural evidence of hybridization include: plagioclase-K-feldspar-sphene ocelli, hornblende- and biotite-rimmed quartz ocelli, plagioclase with Ca-rich spike zonation, inversely zoned K-fel...

Magnesite deposits in the Central Western Carpathians belong among the biggest deposits in the Europe. Their today’s structure is mainly the result of the Alpine orogenesis. During this period several deformation stages were active, which deformed the deposit body. This resulted in today’s complicated structure of the deposit. The genesis of deposit is still ambiguous; however, the importance o...

Intensively metasomatized rocks from serpentinized ultramafic tectonic fragments in Dobšiná, Western Carpathians, consist of typical rodingite mineral association: hydrated garnet, vesuvianite, diopside and clinochlore. Electron microprobe analysis (EMPA) Micro-Raman analyses the main minerals evidence complex mineralogical evolution variable chemistry. Garnet solid solution is dominated by gro...

Metal Mining is an essential human activity to provide rough materials for our society. Although the ore extraction itself directly affects a relatively limited area of terrestrial land, its impacts on the environment, as well as on public health, may be found at greater distances from the source and for a EnvironmEntal pollution by mining activitiEs – a casE study in thE criş alb vallEy, WEstE...