Vápenka - Otovice
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Náchod
Village:
Otovice
Cadastre:
Otovice u Broumova
Map sheets:
04-32 Broumov,04-34 Martínkovice, 04-323 Broumov,04-341 Martínkovice
ID:
2218
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky outcrop in a ravine of Vápenka creek (a tributory of the Stěnava River) and fields and pastures between the Vápenka Creek and the Stěnava River in Otovice village, outcrops at a small pond close to abandoned gallery. Dark grey bituminous limestone containing fossils (fish remnants) with surrounding mudstone and claystone facies of Walchia Mudstone, secondary locality of petrified woods (trunks) and some secondary minerals. The Upper Olivětín Member, Broumov Formation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits) > Intra-Sudetic Basin
Stratigraphy:
Permian
Subject:
sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Broumovsko
Part of national geopark:
Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Štamberg S.(1992): Seznam paleontologických lokalit permského útvaru Broumovské kotliny v území CHKO Broumovsko. - MS. oborový dokument. Archiv CHKO Broumovsko. Police nad Metují
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Věra Plná, 17.05.2004
Updated by:
Prouza Vladimír, 12.04.2004
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2218 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2218.
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