General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Jičín
Cadastre: Kněžnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0334, 03342
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Labe & Čáslav Cretaceous; Cretaceous of the Dlouhá mez
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3216

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. Old abandoned pit quarry, almost completely vegetated. Fine grained sandstones and with variable silty admixture belonging stratigraphically to the Jizera Formation. Carbonate concentrated into concretions in places. List of fossils available in literature. Bioturbation is abundant.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída
Subject: lithology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone)

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: reclamation, waste disposal

References

Čech, S., et.al. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-342 Rovensko pod Troskami. - Česká geologická služba. Praha. ; FRIČ, A. (1885): Studie v oboru křídového útvaru v Čechách. Paleontologické prozkoumání jednotlivých vrstev. 3. Jizerské vrstvy. – Arch. přírodověd. prozk. Čech., 5, 2, geol. odd., 1–132. Praha.; KOŠŤÁK, M. (2011): Křída. In. Košťák, M. –Mazuch, M. eds. (2011): Putování naším pravěkem. – Granit, 42 – 63. Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čáp Pavel, 14.07.10
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 12.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3216 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3216.

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