General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Jičín
Cadastre: Pecka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0343, 03432
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1449

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky outcrops at eastern walls of the ruine of medieval castle. Kumburk Formation, Štikov arkoses (Carboniferous,Asturian-Barruelian). Type locality of Štikov Member. Coarse grained feldspathic sandstones to arkoses with lenticular layers of conglomerate. They contain hematitic concretions and at the castle logs of Agathoxylon. in situ. Deposits are of fluviatile origin. The source area is in the south.
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, sedimentology, archeology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: araucarites, rock, cliff, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: arkose, conglomerate

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: tourism

References

Stárková M. et.al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 03-432 Nová Paka. MS archiv ČGS.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Prouza Vladimír, 17.01.03
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 05.03.03, Prouza Vladimír 29.09.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 27.07.16, Stárková Marcela 15.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1449 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1449.

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