General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Louny
Cadastre: Lenešice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0234, 02343
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 981

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Road- and railway cuts with outcrops of Cretaceous sediments of the Březno Formation (Xcd), Jizera Formation and a base of the Teplice Formation with a coprolite horizon (Xa). A very instructive section.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - coniak
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, structural geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: marlstone, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal, agriculture

References

Čech, S. (1993): Palaontologische Gesellschaft, 3. Jahrestagung, Excursion Nr. 2, The Bohemian Cretaceous. - Universita Karlova, ČGÚ Praha, Krutský N. et al. (1964): Sborník k IV. sjezdu Čs. společnosti pro mineralogii a geologii s exkursním průvodcem. - Teplice, Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navržené k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 10.01.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 30.11.04, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 31.07.07, Zelenka Přemysl 23.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 981 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/981.

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