General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mělník
Cadastre: Mlčechvosty
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1222, 12221
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1389

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A railway cut with exposed Quaternary fluvial sands and gravels (Riss 2), hardened by calcareous cement. A classical site of the so-called Mlčechvosty Conglomerate described by Č. Zahálka in 1893. This locality is recommended for protection.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: petrology, sedimentology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: pseudocrast cave, incrustation, spring, river source
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Zelenka P., 1994: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1.25 000 list 12221 Mělník.- Český geologický ústav Praha.; Zelenka, P. 2007:Mlčechvostský slepenec. – SOS Natura, 1, 31-32. Mělník.; Bosák, P. - Zelenka, P. – Čáp, P. (2009): Zkrasovění mlčechvostského slepence. – Čes. Kras /Beroun/, 35, 42-45.; Tyráček, J. – Zelenka, P. (2008): Mlčechvostský slepenec – geologie a stratigrafie. – Zpr. geol. Výzk. v Roce 2007, 118-119. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plíšek Antonín, 22.10.02
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 23.01.05, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 31.07.07, Zelenka Přemysl 21.09.09, Zelenka Přemysl 02.09.14, Kukal Zdeněk 18.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1389 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1389.

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