General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Chřibská
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02242
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
ID : 1913

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Calcareous clayey sandstones of the Březno Formation, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, exposed in a stream bank. They contain fragments of fossil bivalves. Fine- and coarse-grained sandstones of the same unit are exposed higher up the slope.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - coniak
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Lužické hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Valečka J. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02242 Dolní Podluží.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 31.12.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 18.01.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1913 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1913.

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