General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mělník
Cadastre: Zeměchy u Kralup
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1221, 12214
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 55

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Deep erosional gorge exposing a loss accumulation as much as 30 m thick. Within a loess there are three complexes of buried soil. Basal loess layers are of a Riss age. Significant locality from the viewpoint of Quaternary geology.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: bedding, erosion furrow, ichnofossil, gorge, fossils fauna
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity), aquatic (water activity), sedimentary
Rock: loess, loam, gravel, sandstone

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: waste disposal, vegetation

References

Stárková, M. et al. (1989): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1 : 25 000 12-214 Kralupy nad Vltavou. - MS Geofond. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 01.11.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 02.09.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 55 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/55.

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