General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Mýto v Čechách
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1234, 12341
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1016

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrop on the slope. Uppermost parts of the Klabava Formation are exposed with typical fauna. Also some interlayers of volcaniclastic sediments occur and a diabase sill.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop, dyke
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic
Rock: shale, tuff, basalt

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

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1016 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1016.

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