General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-jih
Cadastre: Starý Plzenec
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2211, 22111
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1156

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky ridge 300 m long makes bizarre landforms. In places character of rock cities (castellated rocks). Differential weathering intensified by frost activity. Felsenmeer on the ridge foot. Geomorphologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rock bag
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering
Rock: lydite

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

Demek J. et al. (1965): Geomorfologie českých zemí.- Academia, Praha.; Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 02.07.01
Updated by: Lorencová Markéta 25.01.05

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1156 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1156.

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