General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: Řepníky, Střemošice, Voletice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1431, 14313
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 : 1766

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Road cut in marlstones of the midle-upper Turonian age. Rytmically bedded strata were probably controlled by climatically/orbitally induced cycles.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - turon
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: cuesta, horizontal section, lithological boundary
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic, weathering
Rock: marlstone, sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: ground instability

References

Faltysová H., Bárta F. a kol. Pardubicko (2002) In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.90 Praha.; DOUCEK, Jan (2012): Národní Geopark Železné hory - mapování. Závěrečná zpráva, MS Vodní zdroje Chrudim, spol. s r. o.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 25.02.09
Updated by: Čech Stanislav 07.11.09, Králová Anna 08.02.13, Vajskebrová Markéta 06.05.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1766 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1766.

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