General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Svitavy
Cadastre: Bělá nad Svitavou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2412, 24122
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1928

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A crevasse pseudokarst cave in marlstones of the Jizera Formation, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. One of the largest caves of its kind in the Czech Republic (length 115 m). The cave was formed by gravitational sliding of blocks over a plastic footwall in the slope of the Bělský potok Stream.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: zoology, stratigraphy, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: karst
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity)
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone)

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Čech St. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 24122 Brněnec.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 17.02.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 16.11.04, Čech Stanislav 12.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1928 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1928.

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