Wpływ budowy geologicznej i rzeźby na procesy kształtujące skład chemiczny wód w czasie wezbrania roztopowo-deszczowego w zlewni Bystrej w Tatrach Zachodnich

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to identify processes shaping water chemistry in streams draining the crystalline and sedimentary portions of the Bystra Stream catchment in the Tatras during rain-on-snow event in April 2016. Data were gathered at two water gauging sites representative of areas formed of crystalline rock (i.e. Goryczkowy Stream) and areas formed of sedimentary rock characterized by extensive karst systems (Bystra Stream). The main process responsible for changes in water chemistry in both catchments over the study period was dilution of groundwater with snowmelt and precipitation water. This was manifested via a decrease in the concentration of most ions in the studied streams at high water stages. The water chemistry of Bystra Stream draining sedimentary rocks was affected in part also by the influx of water from karst systems. In the Goryczkowy Potok Stream the changes were modified by flushing of ions from the soil by throughflow.