Kounice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Nymburk
Village:
Kounice
Cadastre:
Kounice
Map sheets:
13-13 Brandýs nad Labem - Stará Boleslav, 13-134 Český Brod
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
1030
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops exposing tectonic boundary between the Upper Proterozoic and Permocarboniferous. Northernmost occurrence of the Permocaboniferous of the Blanice Graben in the Český Brod area. The sediments belong stratigraphically to Chýnov Beds of the Český Brod Formation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Late Palaeozoic of grabens > Blanice Furrow;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Permian, Proterozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
stratigraphic boundary
Genesis:
sedimentary, tectonic
Rock:
greywacke, slate, schist, sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Hejtman B. (1948)
- Holub V. (1972): Permian of the Bohemian massif. In: Rotliegend : essays on European Lower Permian. p. 137-188.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vlastimil Holub, 15.11.1994
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 09.03.2006, Kukal Zdeněk, 29.11.2017, Vajskebrová Markéta, 27.11.2020, Vajskebrová Markéta, 11.05.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1030 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1030.
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