General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kolín
Cadastre: Týnec nad Labem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1341, 13411
Geological region: Kutná Hora and Čáslav crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 88

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops on the Labe (Elbe) River bank. Paragneisses on the base overlain by Cretaceous calcareous sandstones and limestones. Rich fauna, Upper Cenomanian age of sediments was inferred. Geologically 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, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, lithological boundary
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, limestone, paragneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: vegetation, waste disposal, ground instability

References

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.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Ziegler Václav, 07.11.93
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 11.06.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 88 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/88.

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