Opočno
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Rychnov nad Kněžnou
Village:
Opočno
Cadastre:
Opočno pod Orlickými horami
Map sheets:
14-11 Nové Město nad Metují, 14-113 Dobruška
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
103
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops exposing a transgression of Cretaceous sediments over Proterozoic phyllites (Nové Město Group). Cretaceous sediments are represented by spongilitic marlstones of the Bílá Hora Formation (Turonian). Stratigraphically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Labe development;
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Turonian, Proterozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
transgression, unconformity
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
opuka (aranaceous marlstone), phyllite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 5697 (Opočno)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Neuvedena
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Stanislav Čech, 31.10.1994
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 18.08.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 103 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/103.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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