Horské Předměstí - transgrese křídy na krystalinikum
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Náchod
Village:
Nové Město nad Metují
Cadastre:
Nové Město nad Metují
Map sheets:
14-11 Nové Město nad Metují, 14-111 Nové Město na Moravě
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1054
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry and nearby outcrops. Locality of Nové Město phyllite on the base of Cretaceous sediments. They are strongly weathered, bleached and fossile. Cretaceous sediments are represented by a basal Korycany Formation only 5O cm thick and overlying marlstones of the Bílá Hora Formation. Stratigraphically interesting locality and is recommended for protection.
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:
Cenomanian, Turonian
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, lithology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, bed, lithological boundary, transgression
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock:
phyllite, opuka (aranaceous marlstone), conglomerate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
reclamation, ground instability, vegetation
References
- Opletal et al./1980/: Geologie Orlických hor. - ÚÚG Praha.
- Opletal M., Čech S.(2015): Zajímavé odkryvy s transgresí křídy na fylitech v okolí Nového Města nad Metují. - ACTA MUSEI REGINAEHRADECENSIS S. A., 35-2, 11-15.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Mojmír Opletal, 25.11.1994
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 27.01.2003, Pecina Vratislav, 06.06.2011, Gürtlerová Pavla, 15.08.2011, Kukal Zdeněk, 11.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1054 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1054.
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
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
