Karlov lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kutná Hora
Village:
Kutná Hora
Cadastre:
Kutná Hora
Map sheets:
13-32 Kolín, 13-324 Kutná Hora
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
86
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Abandoned quarry in rocks of a Kutná Hora Crystalline. Filling of Cretaceous sediments in depressions. Occurrences of conglomerates and biodetrital limestones in which many paleontological taxons were described Interesting sedimentary structures. Accumulation of heavy minerals on the base of sedimentary sequence.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Kolín development;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic > Kutná Hora and Svratka region > Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Turonian, Proterozoic
Subject:
sedimentology, paleontology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
transgression, lithological boundary, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism), aquatic (water activity)
Rock:
migmatite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
industry, reclamation, collection, tourism, vegetation
References
- Knížetová, L. - Pecina, P. - Pivničková, M. (1987): Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982-85. - Bohemia centralis, 16, 7 - 262. Praha
- Nekvasilová, O. - Žítt, J. (1988): Upper ceratrous epibionts cemented to genesiss boulders (Bohemian Cretaceous Basin, Czechoslovakia). - Čas. Mineral. Geol., 33, 3, 251-270. Praha
- Žítt, J. - Nekvasilová, O. (1989): Paleontologicko - geologická charakteristika navrhovaného chráněného přírodního výtvoru Karlov (Kutná Hora). - Bohemia centralis, 18, 15-40. Praha.
- Štědrá ed. (2010): Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 13-324 Kutná Hora s Vysvětlivkami. ČGS Prah
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Olga Nekvasilová, 14.12.1993, Jiří Žítt, 14.12.1993
Updated by:
Štědrá Veronika, 17.06.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 86 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/86.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
poor
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