General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Trutnov
Cadastre: Strážkovice
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)
Technical object: waste dump, old mine workings
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1447

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky outcrops at the road, about 40 m long and 5 m high. Odolov Formation, Svatoňovice Member (Carboniferous, Cantabrian), Lower (Pulkrábek) coaly horizon. Type locality of greenish grey to dark grey siltstone with mudstone and fine sandstone interbeds, characteristic for Lower coaly horizon. They conain fosil plant leaves and roots. The outcrop of Pulkrabek coal seam is documented by a small old refuse pile of dark grey to black mudstones and carbshales in a small wood E of the locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon
Subject: geomorphology, stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: cuesta, outcrop, fossils-flora, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone, siltstone, sandstone, coal

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
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Tásler R. et al. (1979): Geologie české části vnitrosudetské pánve. - Academia, 292 s. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Prouza Vladimír, 16.01.03
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 05.03.03, Prouza Vladimír 30.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1447 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1447.

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