General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Louny
Cadastre: Skytaly
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11242
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: sand pit
ID : 3510

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Section in wall of abandoned quarry. Fine- and middle-grained sandstones of upper part of the Línská Fm. of Carboniferous. Claystone admixture is abundant. Stratification such as lamination and cross-bedding indicates the deposition in meandering river bed rich on clastic material.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - svrchní karbon - siles - stephan - stephan C
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: river channel, bedding
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, claystone

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: waste disposal, vegetation

References

Lojka R. in: Hradecký P. a kol. (ed.): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000 11-242 Valeč. - Česká geologická služba, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Lojka Richard, 10.09.11
Updated by: Lojka Richard 09.11.12, Lojka Richard 09.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3510 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3510.

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