Sulava
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Praha-západ
Village:
Kosoř
Cadastre:
Kosoř
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
1032
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Open sandy pit, partly active.Thick sequence of sands and gravelly sands, with interlayers of kaolinitic sandy clays. In fine-grained layers rich remains of the Miocene fossil flora occur. Interesting relics of brownish ironstones.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Terrestric Tertiary relics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
Genesis:
Rock:
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Český kras
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining
References
- Kunský J.,1929: Studie o třetihorních stěrcích ve středních Čechách.-Sbor.Stát.Geol.úst.ČR, 8, 229-245 Praha. Němejc F.,1949: Rostlinné otisky středočeských neogenních ostrovů.- Studia bot. čechoslovaca, 10, 1-3, 14-103 Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Čtyroký, 08.10.1996
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1032 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1032.
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