General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Semily
Cadastre: Košťálov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0341, 03413
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 3175

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Permocarboniferous of the Krkonoše Piedmont and Inner Sudetian (Lower Silesian) basins. Greenish and greyish claystones with interlayers of bituminous limestones and bituminous claystones crop out. Carbonate concretions are abundant. The sediments belong to the Rudnice Horizon of the Vrchlabí Formaton.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon
Subject: lithology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, fossils-flora, concretion
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: siltstone, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Prouza, V., red. (v tisku): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-413 Semily. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.04.10
Updated by: Prouza Vladimír 11.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3175 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3175.

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