General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Stárkov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0433, 04331
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
ID : 1530

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A mound of freshwater limestone at Stárkov near Vápenka. Hard blocky tufa at the base is overlain by an accumulation of fine-grained loose tufa with marlstone talus horizons.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér, mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: spring, river source, characteristic rock
Genesis: chemogenetic
Rock: travertine

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

Ložek V. (1999): Zpráva o dosavadních výsledcích výzkumu měkkýšů CHKO Broumovsko.- MS. str. 37 + 1 příloha. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plná Věra, 05.11.03

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1530 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1530.

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