Lom Úpohlavy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Litoměřice
Village:
Čížkovice, Černiv, Siřejovice, Úpohlavy
Cadastre:
Želechovice, Černiv, Úpohlavy, Siřejovice
Map sheets:
02-43 Litoměřice, 02-433 Libochovice
Accessibility:
special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
1450
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A limestone quarry with exposed rocks of the lower part of the Teplice Formation, Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. Its sedimentology, paleontology and stratigraphy was extensively studied. Top part of the Jizera Formation (claystone) is exposed on the quarry bottom.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy:
Turonian
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, lithological boundary, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone, marlstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
exploitation
References
- Ekrt, B., Košťák, M., Mazuch, M., Valíček, J., Voigt, S., Wiese, F. (2001): Short note on new records of late Turonian (Upper Cretaceous) marine reptile remains from the Úpohlavy quarry (NW Bohemia, Czech Republic). - Bull. Czech Geol. Surv., 76, 2, 101-106. Praha.
- Čech, S., Hradecká, L., Laurin, J., Štaffen, Z., Švábenická, L., Uličný, D. (1996): Úpohlavy quarry: record of late Turonian sea-level oscillations and synsedimentary tectonic activity. - Stratigraphy and Facies of the Bohemian-Saxonian Cretaceous Basin. Field Trip Guide, 5th International Cretaceous Symposium, 32-34. Freiberg.
- Čech, S., Klein, V., Kříž, J., Valečka, J. (1980): Revision of the Upper Cretaceous stratigraphy of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. Geol., 55, 277-296. Praha.
- Krutský, N. (1989): Úpohlavy. Závěrečná zpráva. - MS, Geofond Praha.
- Švábenická, L. (1999): Braarudosphaera-rich sediments in the Turonian of the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic. - Cretaceous Research, 20, 773-782.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Radek Vodrážka, 17.01.2003, Stanislav Čech, 17.01.2003
Updated by:
Vodrážka Radek, 15.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1450 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1450.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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