Skalka u Žehušic
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kutná Hora
Village:
Žehušice
Cadastre:
Žehušice
Map sheets:
13-41 Čáslav, 13-411 Chvaletice
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
89
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural vegetated outcrops of the Lower Turonian sediments. Conglomerates on the base overlain by bioclastic limestones, silty and glauconitic sandstones. Rich faunal assemblages. Stratigraphically important locality.
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:
petrology, sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, fossils fauna, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock:
amphibolite, limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 391 (Skalka u Žehušic)
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Ziegler, V. (1992): Stratigrafie a vrstevní sled křídových sedimentů v kolínské oblasti české křídové pánve. - Časopis Národního muzea, Řada přírodovědná, 160, 1/4, 29-46, Praha
- Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 85.- Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str.99 - 100, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Václav Ziegler, 07.11.1993
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 25.08.2005, Štědrá Veronika, 23.09.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 89 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/89.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
poor
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