General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Jičín
Cadastre: Jičín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0343, 03431
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
ID : 3359

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše Piedmont Basin, Upper Carboniferous volcanites. In a gorge bedding planes of greyish limestones and siltstones of the Semily Formation crop out. In limestones, lenses of silicites occur. Mud cracks on bedding planes can be observed.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Permocarboniferous Volcanits
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - svrchní karbon - siles
Subject: sedimentology, geology
Geological phenomenon: mudcracks, ripple marks, selective erosion
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, siltstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
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: forestry

References

Stárková M., Adamová M., Burda J., Čáp P., Drábková J., Dvořák I., Grygar R., Holásek O., Hroch T., Kycl P., Krupička J., Pécskay Z., Rapprich V., Rýda K., Řídkošil T., Skácelová Z., Šimůnek Z., Šebesta J., Tasáryová Z., Zajíc J. (2011b): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 03-431 list Lomnice nad Popelkou. Závěrečná zpráva, 190 s. MS archiv ČGS.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stárková Marcela, 14.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3359 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3359.

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