General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Náchod
Cadastre: Stárkov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0433, 04331
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - E-Bohemian and W-Moravian Cretaceous; Chrudim Cretaceous; Králíky Furrow; Police Basin
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 98

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Road cut with a section of Cretaceous sediments (Korycany Beds, Cenomanian). They consist of clayey and silty sandstones overlain by spongilitic and glauconiic marlstones with silicite layers. Common biogenic textures. Sedimentologically interesting 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, lithology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, siltstone, marlstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Broumovsko
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Klein, V. (1961): Příspěvek k poznání křídy vnitrosudetské deprese. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 26, 1959, 2. díl, 569-611. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Čech Stanislav, 31.10.94
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 17.12.04, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.04.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 98 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/98.

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