General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mladá Boleslav
Cadastre: Sojovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1311, 13113
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, gravel pit, sand pit
ID : 2677

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Bohemian Cretaceous Basin Quaternary. Active sand pit, exploiting fluvial Pleistocene gravelly sand. This sediment body was formed on a outwash plain along margins of Jizera River flood plain.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén
Subject: economic geology, geology
Geological phenomenon: outwash fan
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sand

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Zelenka P.. et al.(2006): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 13-113 Sojovice, - MS, ČGS

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 24.01.07
Updated by: Zelenka Přemysl 02.08.07, Vajskebrová Markéta 19.05.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2677 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2677.

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