Krosno gravel pit geosite (1530)

Title: Krosno gravel pit geosite (1530)
Description: The Krosno site is located within the latitudinally oriented Obra Proglacial Valley. It is located in the N part of the proglacial valley - 500 m to the N the edge of the upland rises. Within the 50 m by 80 m gravel pit, below the water table, there is a significant accumulation of fossil faunal remains from the Late Glacial and Holocene in sandy and gravelly fluvial-glacial and fluvial deposits. Remains of a mammoth, a woolly rhinoceros and bird bones can be found in this pit.
Lithology: sand; gravel
Landform shape: Anthropogenic - Excavations; outcrops
Event environment: glacier related setting
Older named age: Pleistocene
Younger named age: Holocene
Interest: Paleontological; Applied Geological
StructuralRegion: Fore-Sudetic Monocline
Bibliographic Citation: http://geostanowiska.pgi.gov.pl/gsapp_v2/ObjectDetails.aspx?id=1530