Knínice - Stěna (kóta 525)
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Ústí nad Labem
Village:
Libouchec
Cadastre:
Knínice u Libouchce
Map sheets:
02-23 Děčín, 02-233 Jílové
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
1096
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky summit area of a hill. Outcrops consist of stratified, silicified medium- to coarse-grained quartzose sandstones of the Bílá hora Formation. These sandstones exhibit common cross bedding. Oyster shells are abundant. A sedimentologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Lugic development
Stratigraphy:
Turonian
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, ripple marks
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Valečka J. (l984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR l : 25 000 02-233 Jílové
- Archiv zpráv a map P ll4.l984, str. 9l - 92, Ústřední ústav geologický Praha
- Zelenka, P. (1984): Orientace ústřic a diagonálního zvrstvení v křídových pískovcích u Telnice v severních Čechách, Věst.Ústř.Úst. geol., 59, 3, 179 - 181, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Antonín Plíšek, 15.02.2001
Updated by:
Valečka Jaroslav, 16.03.2004, Adamovič Jiří, 21.02.2007, Zelenka Přemysl, 19.07.2007, Valečka Jaroslav, 28.08.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 25.11.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1096 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1096.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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