General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Louny
Cadastre: Tuchořice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1212, 12123
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 53

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry of Lower Miocene limestones. Fresh-water sediments, developed mostly as platy limestones, rich in fossil fauna and flora. Sedimentologically and paleontologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Freshwater Tertiary relics
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, fossils fauna, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: estates

References

Fejfar O. - Kvaček Z. et al. (1993): Palaontologische Gesellschaft. 63. Jahrestagung. 21.-26. September 1993 in Prag. Excursion Nr. 3. Tertiary basins in Northwest Bohemia. - Universita Karlova, Čes. Geol. Spol. Praha. Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navržené k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 11.01.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 30.11.04, Zelenka Přemysl 21.09.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 29.06.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 53 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/53.

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