General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mladá Boleslav
Cadastre: Ptýrov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0333, 03332
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Jizera Cretaceous & Cretaceous of the lower section of Labe River, Ploučnice, Kamenice and the Děčínský Sněžník Mt.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 868

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rock cliffs in Jizera River bank. Selective erosion caused interesting phenomena, as abri. This erosion affected clayey sandstones of the upper part of the Jizera Formation (Middle- up to Upper Turonian). Geomorphologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section, rock schelter
Genesis: sedimentary, aquatic (water activity)
Rock: sandstone, 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: vegetation

References

Rubín, J. - Balatka, B. a kol. (1986): Atlas skalních, zemních a půdních tvarů. - Academia Praha. Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů Středočeského kraje v letech 1982 - 85.- Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 146 - 147, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 09.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 20.09.05, Valečka Jaroslav 28.08.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 868 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/868.

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