General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Liberec
Cadastre: Křižany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0313, 03134
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Technical object: guarry
ID : 529

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old vegetated quarry. Outcrops of grey platy limestones with crinoid remains. Serve as an example of a facial development of the Devonian. Recumbent fold occurs in the upper parts of the quarry. Stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, lithology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, fold, karst cave
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity)
Rock: limestone

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: vegetation

References

Chaloupský /1966/ Chlupáč-Horný /1955/ Gallwitz /1930/; Rubáš Dominik, 2012: Krásy neživé přírody v Podještědí, Tiskové centrum ČGS, Praha, 82 s.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 21.04.93
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 26.09.17, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 19.07.18, Vajskebrová Markéta 14.04.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 529 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/529.

Location in map: