General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Křesín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0243, 02433
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: loam pit
ID : 985

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An abandoned marl pit with exposures of Cretaceous marlstones, partly siliceous (unit Xd). A rich assemblage of macro- and microfauna. A paleontologically and stratigaphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - coniak
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, fossils fauna, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: marlstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal, vegetation

References

Čech, S. et al. (1980): Revision of the Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 55, 5, 277-296. Praha. Váně, M. (1979): Nové pohledy na členění svrchního turonu a coniaku v území mezi Roudnicí nad Labem, Louny a Mostem. - Sbor. Severočes. Mus., přír. vědy, 11, 235-260. Liberec.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 11.01.94
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 01.08.07, Zelenka Přemysl 24.09.09, Zelenka Přemysl 12.05.15, Vajskebrová Markéta 01.09.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 985 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/985.

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