General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Horní Chřibská
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.
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1914

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Two abandoned quarries. The exposed quartzose sandstones show a typical succession of the lower Březno Formation (Cretaceous, Coniacian).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - coniak
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology

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, 31.12.00
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 18.01.05, Valečka Jaroslav 26.07.05, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1914 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1914.

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