General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Měňany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1241, 12413
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
ID : 1236

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Limestone cavern with interesting Quaternary sediment section. Molluscan and vertebrate fauna present, in upper parts also Neolithic artefacts were found. Stratigraphical reconstruction was carried out. Very significant Quaternary locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, archeology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: travertine

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) - Český kras
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Havlíček P., Tyráček J. (edit) 2000: Bohemian field conference. September 10 - 12, 2000. Excursion guide book. - Str. 30 - 31, ČGÚ. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 06.11.01

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1236 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1236.

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