General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Oparno
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0243, 02431
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2507

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Coarse conglomerates of uncertain age fill the depressions in gneiss basement in a railway cut near Oparno. Cretaceous marine origin of these deposits seems to be probable.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: road construction

References

Valečka, J. - Zelenka, P. (2004): Oparenské slepence: Perm nebo křída? - Zpr. geol. Výzk. v Roce 2003, 48-49.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 16.08.05
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 21.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2507 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2507.

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