Otradovice - pískovna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Mladá Boleslav
Village:
Sojovice
Cadastre:
Sojovice
Map sheets:
13-13 Brandýs nad Labem - Stará Boleslav, 13-131 Brandýs
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
2686
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active sandpit with 100 m broad and 8-10 m high mining wall. Coarse grained sands with variety of clasts prevails. Interlayers of pebbly sand and gravel show typical planar, channel and oblique bedding. It is supposed that sedimentary environment can be characterized as braided stream and/or outflow fans of former Jizera (Iser) River. Sands and gravels are of Middle Pleistocene age.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary
Subject:
economic geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Holásek O. et al.(2005): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000, list 13-131 Brandýs nad Labem, - MS, ČG
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Oldřich Holásek, 25.01.2007
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 15.02.2018, Vajskebrová Markéta, 19.05.2020
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2686 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2686.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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