General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Česká Metuje
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0433, 04332
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1524

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A unique example of selective weathering of Cretaceous spongilitic calcareous sandstones at Česká Metuje. A series of columns 0.5 to 1.2 m tall, having the shape of hour-glasses, formed along a vertical joint system. They formed by selective weathering also combining the effect of groundwater and plant roots. The bed of calcareous sandstones is overlain by fine-grained calcareous sandstone with abundant trace fossils. Bohemian Cretaceous Basin.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: selective erosion, ichnofossil
Genesis: weathering , sedimentary, chemogenetic
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Broumovsko
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Tásler R., Kotlář J. (1987): Geologie chráněné krajinné oblasti Broumovsko. - MS. str. 64 + 4 přílohy. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují. Vítek J. (1986): Geomorfologie navrhovaná chráněné krajinné oblasti Broumovsko. MS. str.68 + 35 příloh. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují. Ziegler V. (1993): Hodnocení křídových lokalit na území CHKO Broumovsko.- MS str. 20. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují. Čech S., Gawlikowska E. (1999): Góry Stolowe, Aršpašsko-teplické skály, geologická mapa pro turisty 1:50000. - ČGS, Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plná Věra, 05.11.03
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 17.12.04, Gürtlerová Pavla 09.10.09, Čech Stanislav 21.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1524 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1524.

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