General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kladno
Cadastre: Libušín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1223, 12231
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 57

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops on a plain formed by marlstones of the Bílá hora Formation. Adjacent deep gorges expose Turonian marlstones and Cenomanian sandstones. Pseudokarst phenomena are common: swallow holes, ventaroles. A geomorphologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology, botany, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone)

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: tourism, recreation, waste disposal

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 11.01.94
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 21.09.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 12.11.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 57 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-01]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/57.

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