Skalní stěna v Petrovicích (petrovické vrstvy)
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Malé Svatoňovice
Cadastre:
Malé Svatoňovice
Map sheets:
04-33 Náchod, 04-331 Český Kostelec
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1446
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky wall aprox. 30 m long and 8 m hight at the lower margin of the village. Žacléř Formation, Petrovice Member (Carboniferous, Bolsovian - Upper Duckmantian). Grey medium to coarse grained conglomerates, mostly oligomictic, with prevailing pebbles of quartz and subordinate lydite, quartzite and metamorphics. This lithotype is a frequent sediment of the Žacléř Formation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Intra-Sudetic Basin
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
rock, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
conglomerate, sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Tásler R. et al. (1979): Geologie české části vnitrosudetské pánve. - Academia, 292 s. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Prouza, 16.01.2003
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 14.05.2003, Šimůnek Zbyněk, 30.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1446 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1446.
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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