General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kladno
Cadastre: Smečno
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1223, 12231
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 58

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An erosional gorge showing a complete section of Cretaceous sediments of the Džbán type. Large outcrops of sandy marlstone in the upper parts of the section belong to the Bílá hora Formation¨(Turonian), sandstones in the lower part to the Peruc-Korycany Formation (Cenomanian). A stratigraphically and sedimenologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: stratigraphy, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone), 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: tourism, waste disposal

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 11.01.94
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 01.08.07, Zelenka Přemysl 23.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 58 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/58.

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