Skalní stěna u Dolních Rybníků - saxon
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Náchod
Village:
Horní Radechová
Cadastre:
Horní Radechová
Map sheets:
04-33 Náchod, 04-333 Česká Skalice
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1441
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky wall approx. 16 m high at the road. Trutnov Formation, type locality of the middle part of the formation, Permian, Saxonian. Rythmic interbedding of redbrown conglomerates, sandstones and siltstones. Sharp erosional planes and other erosional forms, diagonal bedding and channel deposits are recognisable. Due to the selective erosion highly calcareous banks are weathered out.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Intra-Sudetic Basin
Stratigraphy:
Permian
Subject:
sedimentology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
concretion , rock, cliff, stratotype, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate, claystone, carbonate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Pešek J. et al. (2001): Geologie a ložiska svrchnopaleozoických limnických pánví České republiky. - Český geologický ústav, 243 s. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Prouza, 14.01.2003
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 14.05.2003, Prouza Vladimír, 29.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1441 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1441.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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