General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mladá Boleslav
Cadastre: Horky nad Jizerou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1312, 13112
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: loam pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3293

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Loess sediments with fossil soils, Malacofauna, osteological and archaeological material
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén
Subject: quaternary geology, history, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: unconformity, concretion , mudcracks
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: loess

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining, waste disposal

References

Ložek Vojen (1964):Quartärmollusken der Tschechoslovakei. Rozpravy ÚÚG,31,374s. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Havlíček Pavel, 30.05.11
Updated by: Havlíček Pavel 30.05.11, Havlíček Pavel 20.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3293 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3293.

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