General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Trutnov
Cadastre: Havlovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0433, 04331
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1440

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky wall at the bridge on the left bank of the Úpa River. Type lokality of the Havlovice Member of Trutnov Formation. - Red-brown fine to coarse grained sandstones with subordinate thin layers of mudstones and siltstones. Diagonal bedding and channel deposits recognisable locally.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm
Subject: sedimentology, stratigraphy, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: mudcracks, ripple marks, concretion , rock, bedding, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, siltstone, claystone

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

Holub V. (1966): Geologické poměry východního Podkrkonoší. - MS Geofond. Praha. Pešek J. et al. (2001): Geologie a ložiska svrchnopaleozoických limnických pánví České republiky. - Český geologický ústav, 243 s. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Prouza Vladimír, 14.01.03
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 21.05.03, Prouza Vladimír 30.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1440 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1440.

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