General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Jetřichovice u Děčína
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02241
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 27

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Morphologically differentiated sandstone relief with outcrops of quartzose sandstones (Quadersandstones) of the Jizera Formation (Middle-Upper Turonian). Selective erosion formed numerous gorges, ridges and many macro-and mesoforms of the relief, rock labyrinth is devloped in places. A very attractive 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
Geological phenomenon: gully, rock pillar, honeycombs
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity), chemogenetic
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in National park
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): NP (National park) - České Švýcarsko
Conflicts of interests: forestry

References

Kolektiv autorů. (1999): Ústecko. In: Mackovčin P. (ed.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek I. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 14.11.94
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Gürtlerová Pavla 31.07.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 22.05.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 27 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/27.

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