Pískovna Erika
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Karlovarský kraj
District (town):
Sokolov
Village:
Svatava, Lomnice
Cadastre:
Svatava, Lomnice u Sokolova, Týn u Lomnice
Map sheets:
11-12 Kraslice, 11-124 Oloví
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
2525
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
A sand pit SE of Sokolov in the Tertiary Sokolov Basin. It exposes sediments of the Upper Eocene Staré Sedlo Formation in a strip 1.5 km long: sands, gravels, sandstone, conglomerates and clays. An important site of fossil flora and a good site for a sedimentological study. The locality is protected as a National Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
stratigraphy, economic geology, geology, paleontology, sedimentology, zoology
Geological phenomenon:
river channel, fossils-flora
Genesis:
sedimentary, volcanic , anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock:
clay, sand, sandstone, gravel, conglomerate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 6147 (Pískovna Erika)
Part of national geopark:
Egeria
Conflicts of interests:
recreation, waste disposal, sports, open cast mining
References
- Knobloch, E. - Konzalová, M. - Kvaček, Z. (1996): Die obereozäne Flora der Staré Sedlo-Schichtenfolge in Böhmen. - Rozpravy ČGÚ, sv. 49, Praha. Rojík, P. (2004): Tektonosedimentární vývoj sokolovské pánve. - Disertační práce PřF UK v Praze
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Rojík, 15.03.2006
Updated by:
Hrazdíra Petr, 15.09.2009, Gürtlerová Pavla, 20.11.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 16.06.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2525 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2525.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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