General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kolín
Cadastre: Břežany II.
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1313, 13133
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1023

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned patly flooded quarry. Outcrops of the Ordovician Třenice and Mílina formations (Tremadoc) with abundant fossil remains.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - ordovik - spodní ordovik
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: chert, hornfels, slate, schist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Knížetová L. - Pecina P. - Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 1985.- Bohemia centralis č. 16, str. 89, Přír. fak. KU Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 04.04.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 21.07.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1023 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1023.

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