Pecka - skály u hradu
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Jičín
Village:
Pecka
Cadastre:
Pecka
Map sheets:
03-43 Jičín, 03-432 Nová Paka
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1449
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky outcrops at eastern walls of the ruine of medieval castle. Kumburk Formation, Štikov arkoses (Carboniferous,Asturian-Barruelian). Type locality of Štikov Member. Coarse grained feldspathic sandstones to arkoses with lenticular layers of conglomerate. They contain hematitic concretions and at the castle logs of Agathoxylon. in situ. Deposits are of fluviatile origin. The source area is in the south.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Basin under Krušné hory Mts.
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous
Subject:
geomorphology, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
araucarites, rock, cliff, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
arkose, conglomerate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- Stárková M. et.al. (2016): Vysvětlivky k základni geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 03-432 Nová Paka. MS archiv ČGS
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Prouza, 17.01.2003
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 05.03.2003, Prouza Vladimír, 29.09.2009, Gürtlerová Pavla, 27.07.2016, Stárková Marcela, 15.12.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1449 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1449.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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