Střekov - pískovna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Ústí nad Labem
Village:
Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre:
Střekov
Map sheets:
02-41 Ústí nad Labem, 02-411 Ústí nad Labem
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
148
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned sand pit after intensive exploitation of kaolinized sandstones of the Upper Cretaceous age (Merboltice Formation). The base of volcanosedimentary complex is also exposed. The surface of sandstone complex is inclined which evidences a post-Cretaceous surface erosion. Sedimentologically and geomorphologically remarkable locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Lugic development
Stratigraphy:
Santonian
Subject:
volcanology, petrology, stratigraphy
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Rock:
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
České středohoří
Conflicts of interests:
estates
References
- Čech, S. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky a Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 02-411 Ústí nad Labem. - MS Archiv ČGU, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladimír Cajz, 25.11.1993
Updated by:
Zelenka Přemysl, 01.08.2007
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 148 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/148.
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