General Characteristics
County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: Bítovany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1342, 13424
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 114
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Outcrop in a stream bank. Exposure of weathered granite of the Žumberk type overlain by the basal Cretaceous conglomerate. The depression on the granite surface is filled with micaceous claystone of the Peruc Beds (Cenomanian). Remains of fossil flora. Paleontologically and stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Magmatites in Bohemicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, paleontology, petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, flood plaine, transgression, fossils-flora
Genesis: weathering , magmatic, sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate, granite, claystone
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Nature monument
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: (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of the Geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: others human activity, without conflicts
References
Frič, A. (1870): Studie v oboru křídového útvaru v Čechách. II.: Paleontologické bádání v jednotlivých vrstevních pásmech českého křídového útvaru. Perucké vrstvy. Korycanské vrstvy. - Archiv pro přírodovědné prozkoumání Čech. I. díl. Praha. Soukup, J. - Dvořák, J. (1962): Bítovany. - Sjezdový průvodce k 13. sjezdu ČSMG, 82-83. Praha. ;Faltysová H., Bárta F. a kol. Pardubicko (2002):In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.82 Praha. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 31.10.94
Updated by: Jirková Pavlína 25.02.09, Vodrážka Radek 15.10.09 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 114 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/114. Location in map:
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