General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Klabava, Ejpovice, Rokycany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12334
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1002

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Erosional gully exposing sediments of the Klabava Formation. They consist of claystones with typical fauna. Small outcrops of sedimentary oolitic ferrolite can be also seen. These ores were previously exploited.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, mining and mining impacts, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic
Rock: slate, schist, tuff, ferrolite

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

Kraft, J. (1983): Chráněná a k ochraně navržená paleontologická naleziště Rokycanska. - Sbor. Západočes. Muz. v Plzni, Příroda, 45, 1-51. Plzeň.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kraft Jaroslav, 24.06.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 23.09.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 22.05.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1002 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1002.

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