General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Horní Adršpach, Libná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0431, 04311,04313
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1498

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A ridge formed on the NW margin of the Intrasudetic Basin, having the character of a cuesta (Janovice cuestas) lined with cliffs max. 10 m high. The inclined plateau is formed by Cenomanian to Lower Turonian sandstones, and is topped by tors, some of which have the shape of mushroom rocks. Rock basins are locally developed. Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, part of the Protected Landscape Area Broumovsko.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: selective erosion
Genesis: glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Broumovsko
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Ziegler,V. (1993):Hodnocení křídových lokalit na území CHKO Broumovsko. MS.str.20, Archiv CHKO Broumovsko.Police nad Metují.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plná Věra, 15.10.03
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 12.11.09, Kukal Zdeněk 21.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1498 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1498.

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