General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Knínice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0223, 02233
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1096

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky summit area of a hill. Outcrops consist of stratified, silicified medium- to coarse-grained quartzose sandstones of the Bílá hora Formation. These sandstones exhibit common cross bedding. Oyster shells are abundant. A sedimentologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, ripple marks
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone

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

Valečka J. (l984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR l : 25 000 02-233 Jílové; Archiv zpráv a map P ll4.l984, str. 9l - 92, Ústřední ústav geologický Praha; Zelenka, P. (1984): Orientace ústřic a diagonálního zvrstvení v křídových pískovcích u Telnice v severních Čechách, Věst.Ústř.Úst. geol., 59, 3, 179 - 181, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plíšek Antonín, 15.02.01
Updated by: Valečka Jaroslav 16.03.04, Adamovič Jiří 21.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 19.07.07, Valečka Jaroslav 28.08.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 25.11.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1096 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1096.

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