General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Praha-západ
Cadastre: Nové Třebenice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1244, 12441
Geological region: Central Bohemian Pluton and Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
ID : 1135

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Continuous section of slighly metamorphosed Proterozoic basalt of Jílové Belt. Typical structure of pillow lava can be recognized. Tectonic deformations and common cleavage. Petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: metabasalt

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Roth V.(1950): Polštářové lávy v mandlovcích jílovského pásma u Slap n. Vltavou. -Věst.Ústř.úst.geol., 25, 1, 57-60, Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 18.06.01

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1135 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1135.

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