General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-jih
Cadastre: Tymákov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12334
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1000

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Large outcrop of the Dobrotivá Formation shows its development in the western part of the Prague Basin. It consists of black claystones and siltstones with some layers of clayey sandstones.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: shale

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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Mergl, M. (1978): Výsledky paleontologického výzkumu ordoviku v širším okolí Starého Plzence. - Sbor. Západočes. Muz. v Plzni, Příroda, 28, 1-70. Plzeň. Rölich, P. (1957): Střední ordovik (Lanvirn a Llandeilo) u Starého Plzence. - Rozp. Čs. Akad. Věd, Ř. mat. přír. Věd, 67, 1, 1-58. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kraft Jaroslav, 21.07.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 23.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1000 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1000.

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