General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kolín
Cadastre: Červené Pečky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1332, 13322
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 83

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An abandoned quarry with Cretaceous sandstones and conglomerates with an oyster bed. An interesting section in Cretaceous sediments with biodetrital limestones, glauconitic sandstones and marlstones. Rich fauna, stratigraphically very important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: 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

Zpracovatel neuvedl zdroj informací. Zelenka P. a kolektiv autorů, 2002: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 13322 Kolín.- Česká geologická služba Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pražák Jiří, 08.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 12.11.04, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 31.07.07, Zelenka Přemysl 16.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 83 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/83.

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