General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Pardubice
Cadastre: Rokytno
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1324, 13244
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1630

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Quaternary. Late Pleistocene up to Holocene aeolian sand dunes, comparatively distinct in a local relief. Central dune ridge is as long as 250 m and as high as 15 m. Part of sand deposits has been quarried out in the past.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: quaternary geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: sand dune, characteristic rock
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: sand

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Faltysová H., Bárta F. a kol. Pardubicko (2002):In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.132 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 11.02.09
Updated by: Holásek Oldřich 09.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1630 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1630.

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