General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Svatá
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12324
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1168

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Prominent body of the Proterozoic silicite (lydite), largest in the NW. flank of the Barrandian. Geomorphologically very interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon: rock bag
Genesis: sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: lydite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument in Protected landscape area
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 LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Křivoklátsko
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

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, 10.07.01
Updated by: Steinová Marika 23.09.09, Žáčková Eliška 02.09.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1168 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1168.

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