General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Semily
Cadastre: Libštát
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0343, 03431
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3353

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše Piedmont Basin, Lower Permian. Small abandoned quarry and surrounding outcrops. Sequence of massive sandstones alternating with violet and reddish siltstones up to claystones. Slightly erosional base of sandstone layers with local accumulation of pebbles. Common bioturbation in siltstones as well as ripple bedding. Rill marks can be observed on bedding planes. Typical example of deposition in alluvial fans on a flood plain.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - perm - spodní perm
Subject: geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bed, ichnofossil
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, siltstone

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: vegetation

References

Stárková et al.(2011):Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR - list 03-432 Lomnice nad Popelkou

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stárková Marcela, 30.10.11
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 19.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3353 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3353.

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