Koštice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Louny
Village:
Koštice
Cadastre:
Koštice
Map sheets:
02-34 Bílina, 02-344 Libčeves
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1341
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrop with a section in Turonian limestones and marlstones with fossils of sea urchins, brachiopods, ammonites and minute shark teeth. Also protected botanical locality, occurrence of hyalophyte species on a marshy meadow.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Lugic development
Stratigraphy:
Turonian, Quaternary
Subject:
paleontology, botany, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, lithological boundary, mineral
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
marlstone, gravel
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability, vegetation
References
- Cajz, V. (edit.), 1996: České středohoří. Geologická a přírodovědná mapa 1:100000. - Str. 30, ČGÚ, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiřina Dašková, 18.06.2002
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 19.11.2009, Gürtlerová Pavla, 15.04.2015, Zelenka Přemysl, 12.05.2015
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1341 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1341.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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