General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Rokycany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12334
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1008

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Thick soil cover on the rocky basement. Many siliceous concretions were found in the soil. They contain typical fauna of the Šárka Formation, mainly trilobites, brachiopods, pelecypods, ostracods and others.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, concretion
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: slate, schist

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: vegetation

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, 21.07.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 23.09.09, Steinová Marika 23.11.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 22.05.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1008 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1008.

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