General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Volduchy
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12334
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1009

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrop above the road. Ordovician Klabava Formation is exposed consisting of claystones with rich fauna. Index locality of the biozone Holograptus tardibrachiatus.
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, 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

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: 1009 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1009.

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