General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Děčín
Cadastre: Jetřichovice u Děčína, Rynartice, Studený u Kundratic
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02241
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 26

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Deep canyon as much as 100 m up to 120 m deep. It was fomed by an erosion of the meandering stream. This canyon has been cut into a thick series of quartzose sandstones (Quadersandstones) of the upper part of the Jizera Formation (Middle up to Upper Turonian). Geomorphologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: canyon, cliff, gully, rock pillar, honeycombs
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Labské pískovce
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Nebyla použita

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 08.11.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 10.07.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 22.11.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 26 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/26.

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