Farář - Bítovany

General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubický kraj
District (town): Chrudim
Village: Bítovany
Cadastre: Bítovany
Map sheets: 13-42 Pardubice, 13-424 Chrást
Accessibility: no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID: 114


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrop in a stream bank. Exposure of weathered granite of the Žumberk type overlain by the basal Cretaceous conglomerate. The depression on the granite surface is filled with micaceous claystone of the Peruc Beds (Cenomanian). Remains of fossil flora. Paleontologically and stratigraphically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Labe development;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Magmatites in Bohemicum
Stratigraphy: Cenomanian, Devonian - Permian
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, paleontology, petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, flood plaine, transgression, fossils-flora
Genesis: weathering , magmatic, sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate, granite, claystone


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 1630 (Farář)
Part of national geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, others human activity


References
  • Frič, A. (1870): Studie v oboru křídového útvaru v Čechách. II.: Paleontologické bádání v jednotlivých vrstevních pásmech českého křídového útvaru. Perucké vrstvy. Korycanské vrstvy. - Archiv pro přírodovědné prozkoumání Čech. I. díl. Praha
  • Soukup, J. - Dvořák, J. (1962): Bítovany. - Sjezdový průvodce k 13. sjezdu ČSMG, 82-83. Praha
  • Faltysová H., Bárta F. a kol. Pardubicko (2002):In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.82 Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stanislav Čech, 31.10.1994
Updated by: Jirková Pavlína, 25.02.2009, Vodrážka Radek, 15.10.2009


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 114 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/114.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: medium
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: supraregional
Representativeness: middle
Geological importance: significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions: acceptable

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