General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mělník
Cadastre: Lobeč
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1221, 12214
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1209

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky cliffs exposing the transgressive surface of Cretaceous sediments over Carboniferous conglomerates and arkoses of the Nýřany Member (Kladno Formation). The overlying Cretaceous sandstones and mudstones were appointed a stratotype of the Peruc-Korycany Formation (Cenomanian). A reference stratigraphical locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, paleozoikum - karbon - svrchní karbon - siles - westphal
Subject: sedimentology, paleontology, geomorphology, petrology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, horizontal section, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: conglomerate, sandstone, claystone

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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: tourism, others human activity, ground instability

References

Fediuk F.,1999: Geologický a vlastivědný výlet do levobřežního dolního Povltaví.- Exkurze ČGSpolečnosti č. 4, str. 13 - 15, Geohelp Praha; Valečka J., Skoček V. (1990): Litoeventy v české křídové pánvi. VÚÚG 65, 13-28, Praha.; Čech S. et al. (1980): Revision of the Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Vět. Ústř. Úst. geol. 55/5, 277-296, Praha; Chlupáč, I. (1999): Vycházky za geologickou minulostí Prahy a okolí, Academia Praha, 280 str.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plíšek Antonín, 27.08.01
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 06.03.03, Lorencová Markéta 29.05.06, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 19.07.07, Zelenka Přemysl 16.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1209 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1209.

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