General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kutná Hora
Cadastre: Miskovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1332, 13324
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Labe & Čáslav Cretaceous; Cretaceous of the Dlouhá mez
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 2511

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Pseudo-sinkholes in loess deposits and the underlying Cretaceous limestones, formed by the effect of rainwater pouring into joints in the limestone. The largest sinkhole is 50 m long and 20 m broad. A regionally important geomorphological locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, hydrogeology, sedimentology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, sinkhole, swallow hole, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity), weathering , chemogenetic, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: limestone, loess

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: agriculture, waste disposal

References

Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů v letech 1982 - 85.- Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 109, Praha.; Štědrá V. ed. (2010): Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 13-324 Kutná Hora s Vysvětlivkami. ČGS Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Knížetová Ludmila, 31.12.87
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 23.09.09, Štědrá Veronika 17.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2511 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2511.

Location in map: