General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Pokratice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0241, 02413
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 : 1347

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops of whitish Cretaceous limestones. In their upper parts they are silicified and contain abundant bivalves of the genus Inoceramus. Also botanical reserve.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: geology, paleontology, lithology, botany, zoology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, lithological boundary, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature monument in Protected landscape area
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 )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Cajz, V. (edit.), 1996: České středohoří. Geologická a přírodovědná mapa 1:100000. - Str. 35-36, ČGÚ, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 04.07.02
Updated by: Valečka Jaroslav 11.11.08, Gürtlerová Pavla 04.08.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1347 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1347.

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