General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kladno
Cadastre: Otvovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1223, 12232
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2747

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Barrandian Proterozoic. Slopes of rocky gorge. Bedrock consists of aphanitic basalt and is covered by calcareous loess. Steppe flora associations.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, botany
Geological phenomenon: rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), magmatic, sedimentary
Rock: basalt, loess

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Ložek V., Kubíková J., Spryňar P. a kol.(2005): Střední Čechy.In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha, str.185

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 20.05.07
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 22.05.07, Kukal Zdeněk 26.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2747 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-01]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2747.

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