General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kladno
Cadastre: Zákolany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1223, 12232
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1100

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops on a slope exposing subarkoses and conglomerates of the Kladno Formation (Upper Carboniferous, Westphalian C). Sediments are strongly silicified along the fracture zone. Also brecciation and tectonic polishing can be observed.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon
Subject: structural geology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: incrustation, slickenside, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, chemogenetic, tectonic
Rock: silicite, sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Havlena V. (1964): Geologie uhelných ložisek II. -Academia Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 15.02.01
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 02.09.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1100 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1100.

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