General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kolín
Cadastre: Nová Ves u Kolína
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1314, 13143
Geological region: Kutná Hora and Čáslav crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 80

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Old quarry exposing biotitic migmatites and paragneisses. In small depressions relics of Cretaceous sediments are preserved. Middle Turonian section starts with a conglomerate, continues with biodetrital limestones and silty marlstones. Rich fossil association. Paleontologically and sedimentologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, proterozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, lithological boundary, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism), anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: amphibolite, migmatite, 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: vegetation

References

Ziegler, V. (1986): Křídové příbojové lokality v okolí Velimi a Nové Vsi u Kolína. - Polabí 1966, 3/4, 41-44. Ziegler, V. (1992): Stratigrafie a vrstevní sled křídových sedimentů v kolínské oblasti české křídové pánve. - Časopis Národního muzea, Řada přírodovědná, 160, 1/4, 29-46. Praha, Zelenka P. a kolektiv autorů, 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 13143 Pečky.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Ziegler Václav, 07.11.93
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 16.09.04, Štědrá Veronika 23.09.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 80 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/80.

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