General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Trutnov
Cadastre: Vlčice-Vlčice u Trutnova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0342, 03423
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 3472

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše Piedmont Basin, Permian, Upper Rotliegend (Saxonian). Conglomerates of the Horní Město Beds of the Trutnov Formation. Pebbles are up to 40 cm in diameter, angular up to rounded. Rock cliff up to 100 m long and up to 15 m high. Conglomerate is of petromictic character, with matrix consisting of poorly-sorted clayey sandstone. Cross bedding with low-angle dip of bed sets is typical for some layers.
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 - saxon
Subject: geology, sedimentology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, selective erosion, horizontal section, bedding, deformation fabrics
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: breccia, conglomerate

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

Martínek, K. ed. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1:25 000, list Svoboda nad Úpou 03-423.; Burliga S., Martínek K. and Wojewoda J. (2008): Perm Karkonoskiego basenu piedmontowego i basenu Nachodu. Wycieczka C, POKOS 3, Baseny srodgórskie: kontekst regionalny srodowisk i procesów sedymentacji. Kudowa Zdrój, 15 – 21 Sep, 2008, pp. 84 – 110, ISBN 978-83-922330-2-2.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Martínek Karel, 08.03.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 26.11.12, Martínek Karel 14.02.13

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3472 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3472.

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