Klokočské skály
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Semily
Village:
Mírová pod Kozákovem, Klokočí
Cadastre:
Sekerkovy Loučky, Bělá u Turnova, Klokočí u Turnova
Map sheets:
03-32 Jablonec nad Nisou, 03-324 Turnov
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
66
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rock city (castellated sandstones). Tectonically deliminated block of Cretaceous sandstones. Intensive morphological differentiation due to a selective weathering. Many interesting relief phenomena. Also pseudokarst features as caverns. Geomorphologically and sedimentologically significant locality.The area has the form of a cuesta looming over the Jizera river valley. It is built up by quartzose sandstones of Turonian-Coniacian age. The sandstone bodies show a complex system of diagonal bedding.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Jizera development
Stratigraphy:
Upper Turonian
Subject:
geology, geomorphology, archeology, hydrogeology, lithology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
cuesta, pseudocrast cave, cliff, rock chimney, natural window, karren, honeycombs, canyon, castellated rocks, balancing stone, fossils fauna, block field
Genesis:
sedimentary, weathering
Rock:
sandstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Český ráj
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 918 (Klokočské skály)
Part of national geopark:
Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- Coubal, M. (1989): Kandidátská disertační práce. - Archiv ČGÚ, Praha.
- Mackovčin P., Sedláček M. a Kuncová J. (2002): Chráněná území ČR - Liberecko, Svazek III. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha, 331 s.
- Raprrich, V., red. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-324 Turnov. Česká geologická služba. Praha.
- Uličný, D. (2001): Depositional systems and sequence stratigraphy of coarse-grained deltas in a shallow-marine, strike-slip setting: the Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czech Republic. Sedimentology 48, 599-628.
- Čech St. (2010): Křídové sedimenty Českého ráje. Exkurze České geologické společnosti, Česká geologická společnost, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Pražák, 04.11.1994
Updated by:
Lorencová Markéta, 26.06.2007, Gürtlerová Pavla, 20.11.2009, Čech Stanislav, 21.11.2009, Rejchrt Miroslav, 16.11.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 66 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/66.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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