General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kutná Hora
Cadastre: Perštejnec
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1332, 13324
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Labe & Čáslav Cretaceous; Cretaceous of the Dlouhá mez
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3191

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. Road cut with outcrops of sandstones of Cenomanmian Korycany Beds. They consist of yellowish glauconitic sandstones with calcareous cement. They contain great vairiety of ichnofossils indicating sedimentary environments of Late Cenomanian sea.
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: stratigraphy, sedimentology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: transgression, bed, fossils fauna, ichnofossil, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: road construction, vegetation

References

Štědrá ed. (2010): Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 13-324 Kutná Hora s Vysvětlivkami. ČGS Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Štědrá Veronika, 17.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3191 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3191.

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