General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Louny
Cadastre: Peruc
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1212, 12122
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 50

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Cliffs of Cretaceous sediments along a road. Type locality of the Peruc Member (Cenomanian). Sandstones and claystone interbeds are rich in fossil flora. An attractive and very instructive site, an excursion locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, history
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section, stratotype, fossils-flora
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Adamovič, J. et al. (1994): Excursion guide. Twelfth international symposium on ostracoda. - Prague. 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. Krutský, N. et al. (1964): Sborník k XV. sjezdu Čs. společnosti pro mineralogii a geologii s exkursním průvodcem. - Teplice. Frič, A. - Bayer, E. (1901): Studien im Gebite der bohmischen Kreideformation. Paleontologische Untersuchungen der einzelen Schichten. Perucer Schichten. - Arch. naturwiss. Landesdurchforsch. Bohm., XI, 2. Prag.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 11.01.94
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 31.08.09, Zelenka Přemysl 21.09.09, Zelenka Přemysl 02.09.14, Zelenka Přemysl 02.09.14, Zelenka Přemysl 02.09.14, Vajskebrová Markéta 01.09.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 50 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/50.

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