General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mělník
Cadastre: Čečelice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1222, 12224
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1390

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An abandoned quarry showing calcareous clayey to marly fine-grained sandstones with sparitic limestone beds with biodetrital admixture. Limestones also form horizons with concretions. Faunal assemblage with bivalves of the Inoceramus lamarcki group indicates a pertinence to the Jizera Formation sensu Čech et al. (1980).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Volšan V., 1990: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000 list 12224 Neratovice. - Ústřední ústav geologický Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 22.10.02
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 23.01.05, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 19.07.07, Zelenka Přemysl 15.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1390 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1390.

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