General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Cadastre: Černíkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1413, 14132
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3332

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Quaternary. Pleistocene loess. This locality occurs near surveyed but not exploited deposit of brick raw material. The loess contains carbonate admixture (several per cent of CaCO3) and common rhyzolites. By washing some mollusc shells were separated and identified indicating Pleistocene loess steppe environment.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér - pleistocén - svrchní pleistocén
Subject: quaternary geology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: loess

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
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

HYPR D., KRMÍČEK P., SEDLÁK M., SLOBODNÍKOVÁ H., SÝKORA B., ŠTOS P. (1990): Rychnov nad Kněžnou - okres, vybrané oblasti, I. fáze, regionální průzkum cihlářských surovin, etapa vyhledávací. Unigeo Ostrava, závod Brno. 79 str. MS – Depon. in Geofond Praha (GF P076882).; POKORNÝ R. (in press): Příspěvek k paleontologickému průzkumu kvartérních spraší na lokalitě Černíkovice (okres Rychnov nad Kněžnou). Acta Musei Richnoviensis, Sect. Natur.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pokorný Richard, 06.09.11
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 23.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3332 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3332.

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