General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Semily
Cadastre: Troskovice, Ktová
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
ID : 3236

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. Forested slope with sandstone rocks and abandoned quarries. Whitish quartzose sandstones of Teplice Formation (so called Hrubá skála sandstones) with claystone intercalations are exposed. This area was affected by blocky landslide resulting in bed tiltng.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: engineering geology
Geological phenomenon: landslide
Genesis: gravitational
Rock: colluvium

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český ráj
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: ground instability

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.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 15.07.10
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 15.02.12, Kukal Zdeněk 26.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3236 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3236.

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