General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Semily
Cadastre: Vyskeř
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0334, 03342
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Labe & Čáslav Cretaceous; Cretaceous of the Dlouhá mez
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3439

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. Man made rock arch carved in Cretaceous quadersandstones of so called Hrubá Skála development. Two types of current bedding can be observed, macrofauna occurrences are also described. This locality belongs to one of numerous geological curiosities of the Bohemian Paradise. This locality is classified as Protected Landscape Area.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída, mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - coniak
Subject: sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bedding, rock arch
Genesis: anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
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): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český ráj
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, tourism

References

Turistická mapa Chráněná krajinná oblast Český ráj. Turnovsko, Maloskalsko, Železnobrodsko, Semislko. 1 : 25 000. 2. vydání 2006. Eurokart.; ČECH, S. (2009a): některé nové nálezy inoceramové fauny v oblasti Českého ráje. – Zpr. geol. Výzk. v r. 2008, 85–91.; SOUKUP, J. (1935): Inoceramová lavice v kvádrovém pískovci svrchního turonu pod Vyskří u Turnova. – Čas. Nár. mus., 109, 92–96.; Čech, S., et.al. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-342 Rovensko pod Troskami. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 15.02.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 21.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3439 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3439.

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