Chair of Physical Geography

Research area:

· Geomorphology and paleaogeography: – mass wasting process in various climatic zones – imapct of frost and fluvial processes on riverbank erosion – natural and anthropogenic drivers of contemporary channel change in the Carpathians – beaver impact on fluvial systems. – river restoration – identification of sedimentary environments of loess like sediments in Polish Carpathian basins – methodology of automatic grain size analysis· Hydrology: – water resources in national parks. – hydrological parameters of floods generated by short-duration heavy rainfall, – flood risk management in small catchments prone to flash flood occurrences. – parameters of the active drainage system and its influence on flood parameters. – environmental effects of land use and land cover (LULC) changes in mountain catchments. – functioning of wetlands within the Sandomierz Basin and the Nida Basin.· Remote sensing: use of the remote-sensing tools and products to assess the changes land cover in peat bogs.

Keywords:

Fluvial geomorphology, catchment hydrology, dynamic geomorphology, reminte sensing, Geographic Information Systems

Research equipment:

Morphologi G3SE Malvern – grain size and shape investigation, Mastersizer 3000 Malvern – grain size investigation, Vibrator LPzE-2+ accessories – soil and sediment grain investigation, Ultrasonic Disintegrator Kit – sediment disintegration, Drone Mavic 3 Enterprise + module RTK – field photogrammetry.