Andrzej Pszczółkowski
Institute of Geological Sciences, Warsaw Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Twarda 51/55, 00-818 Warszawa, Poland; apszczol@twarda.pan.pl

In comparison with the Spanish sections, first appearance (FAD) of the Tithonian Nannoconus species is recorded earlier in the Pieniny Klippen Belt and the Western Tatra Mountains (Western Carpathians). The Early Tithonian Nannoconus compressus Zone correlates with the uppermost part of the "Pulla-Tithonica" Zone and the lower part of the Malmica Zone. The N. infans Zone corresponds to the upper part of the Malmica Zone and the lower part of the Chitinoidella Zone (Dobeni Subzone) including the lowermost interval of the Boneti Subzone. The N. wintereri Zone is equivalent to the uppermost part of the Chitinoidella Zone, entire Crassicollaria Zone, and the basal interval of the Berriasian Alpina Subzone. In the Kryta Valley section (Tatra Mts), the Infans/ Wintereri zonal boundary is located within the Boneti Subzone and is correlated with the lower part of the CM20n magnetozone. Specimens referred to Nannoconus sp. A occur in the studied sections; these specimens differ from the published descriptions of all previously established Tithonian species. In the Lower Tithonian limestones nannoconids are scarce being more numerous in the lower interval of the N. wintereri Zone. Increase in abundance of the genus Nannoconus correlates with the Mid- to Late Tithonian Nannofossil Calcification Event (NCE) reported from the Central Atlantic Ocean.

Key words: Nannoconus, stratigraphy, Tithonian, Berriasian, Pieniny Klippen Belt, Western Tatra Mountains, Carpathians, Poland

Włodzimierz Humnicki
Faculty of Geology, University of Warsaw, al. Żwirki i Wigury 93, 02-089 Warszawa; w.humnicki@uw.edu.pl

The paper presents selected results of hydrogeological research carried out in the Pieniny National Park and adjacent areas during the period of 1995-2004. The objectives of the studies were to explore the geological environment and conditions of groundwater occurrence, its circulation and drainage system, as well as the physico-chemical properties of groundwaters. An important part of the research were rock fissuring measurements in natural outcrops which made it possible to determine the fissures spatial orientation, the fissuring parameters, and the fissure permeability coefficient. Investigations of rock matrix hydrogeological parameters in selected lithostratigraphic complexes of the Pieniny Klippen Belt were also carried out. Groundwater occurrence conditions in alluvial and weathering cover deposits are characterized as well.

Key words: Pieniny Klippen Belt, hydrogeological studies, rock matrix parameters, permeability coefficients

Krzysztof Birkenmajer
Mailing address: Institute of Geological Sciences, Cracow Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; ndbirken@cyf‑kr.edu.pl

Description of selected Jurassic-Cretaceous field sections of the Branisko Succession (Nappe) deposits exposed in the Czorsztyn Range, Pieniny National Park (Pieniny Klippen Belt, West Carpathians, Poland), is presented. Some klippes, previously attributed to the Czertezik Succession, are now revised as belonging to the Branisko Succession.

Key words: Jurassic, Cretaceous, Branisko Succession, Pieniny Klippen Belt, West Carpathians, Poland

Krzysztof Birkenmajer
Mailing address: Institute of Geological Sciences, Cracow Research Centre, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland; ndbirken@cyf‑kr.edu.pl

A succession of residual moraine covers and glaciomorphological forms, correlatable with the Pleistocene Mindel, ?Riss and Würm glaciations, and superimposed glacial/nival moraines and morphological forms (Late-Pleistocene/Early Holocene), have been distinguished between the Biała Woda and the Filipka valleys, Polish Tatra Mts. Their stratigraphic ages are discussed in the regional context.

Key words: Pleistocene, Holocene, glacial deposits and morphological forms, Tatra Mts, West Carpathians