General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Svitavy
Cadastre: Česká Dlouhá
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2412, 24122
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
ID : 2325

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Area of groundwater abstraction in the Svitava River valley. Water comes from the glauconitic sandstones of the Bílá hora Formation and marlstones to sandstones of the Jizera Formation. Groundwater circulation in the Ústí nad Orlicí Syncline is locally affected by a transevrse fault.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: hydrogeology
Geological phenomenon: spring, river source
Genesis: aquatic (water activity)
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: water resources

References

Čech Stanislav a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24122 Brněnec.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 31.12.00
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 15.02.05, Čech Stanislav 12.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2325 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2325.

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