General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Osek u Rokycan, Volduchy
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12334
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1010

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Thick regolith cover which contains siliceous concretions up to 50 cm across. They come mostly from the sediments of the Šárka Formation and partly also from the Dobrotivá Formation. They are fossiliferous and contain very diverse fauna.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: concretion , fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: quartzite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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: collection

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 12.11.08, Steinová Marika 23.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1010 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1010.

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