General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Louny
Cadastre: Vinařice u Loun
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1212, 12124
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2950

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. The basement consists of Permian claystones and siltstones. They are overlain by Cretaceous deposits, formed by Cenomanian sandstones, Lower Turonian claystones and silty marlstones (opuka). Silty marlstones are exposed at a steep cliff at a foot of which there are massive blocky talus deposits. National nature reserve.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: sedimentology, geomorphology, botany
Geological phenomenon: cliff, scree
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone)

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve
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 and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kolektiv autorů. (1999): Ústecko. In: Mackovčin P. (ed.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek I. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, str. 146, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 11.12.08
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 10.11.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2950 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2950.

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