General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Broumov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0432, 04323
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1830

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky wall in the south - west part of Broumov centrum and of the monastery complex . Rocky walls at the right bank of the Stěnava River, below the monastery garden. Characteristic development of Martínkovice Member (Broumov Formation): predominant red-brown mudstones with subordinate fine sandstone layers. The walls are modelled by erosion proceses.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: mudcracks, ripple marks, ichnofossil, concretion , cliff, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone, siltstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
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. (1994): Revize geologických lokalit na Broumovsku navrhovaných k ochraně. ? MS. str. 7. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plná Věra, 10.12.03
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 17.03.04, Prouza Vladimír 09.10.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 16.04.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1830 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1830.

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