General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Dolní Podluží, Horní Světlá pod Luží
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02242
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
ID : 1872

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A tor of strongly silicified coarse-grained Cretaceous sandstone. A dense network of shear joints healed by redeposited silica, weathering in the form of ledges on rock surface. Two perfectly developed solution basins are developed on the clifftop.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída
Subject: geomorphology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Lužické hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Valečka J. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 02242 Dolní Podluží.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 14.01.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 18.01.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1872 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1872.

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