General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Svatý Jan
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1241, 12411
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1271

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Calcareous tufa mound 17 m thick. This section consists of several types of sediments (travertin, limestone...) some of them are fossiliferous. Unique exposure which was dated in detail. Nearby Quaternary terrace sediments.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geology, sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy, archeology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: river terrace, fluvial terrace, fossils fauna, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: travertine, limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve 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 and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český kras
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Táborský Z., 1997: Challenges to chemical geology ´97. - Field Trip Guide, 1997, str. 24 - 25, ČGÚ. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 27.11.01
Updated by: Steinová Marika 12.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1271 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1271.

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