General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Praha-západ
Cadastre: Malá Lečice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1244, 12441
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
ID : 250

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky slope consists of silicified black shales of the Lečice Beds (upper part of the Davle Formation). The outcrop forms a part of the type section of this stratigraphic unit. Also remarkable geomorphology, mainly abandoned meander of the stream.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, meander, rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: slate, schist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kettner R. (1922): Opuštěné meandry v Povltaví v okolí Svatojánských proudů.- Sbor.Klubu přírodověd. Praha. Röhlich P. (1961): Nástin geologie algonkia mezi Dobříší a Úvaly. - Věst. Ústř.Úst.geol., 36, 3,177-188. Praha. Mašek J. et al.(1992): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1:25000, 12-441 Štěchovice.- Čes.geol.úst. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 10.10.94
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 29.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 250 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/250.

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