General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Cadastre: Opočno
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1411, 14113
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 103

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops exposing a transgression of Cretaceous sediments over Proterozoic phyllites (Nové Město Group). Cretaceous sediments are represented by spongilitic marlstones of the Bílá Hora Formation (Turonian). Stratigraphically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon, proterozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: transgression, unconformity
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone), phyllite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Neuvedena

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 31.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 18.08.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 103 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/103.

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