General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mělník
Cadastre: Kralupy nad Vltavou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1222, 12223
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1394

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Barrandian Proterozoic. Long series oof outcrops and a railway cut. Set of Proterozoic rocks, mainly phyllitic shales, greywackes clayey schists and some dark carbonates. Also slightly metamorphosed spilites are present. Petrology and tectonics in this locality was studied in detail.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: rock, outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: slate, schist, greywacke, spilite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: vegetation, ground instability

References

Straka J., 1994: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000 list 12223 Odolena Voda.- Český geologický ústav Praha.; Dudek A., Fediuk F. (1955): Skalní stěna ve vltavském údolí u Kralup nad Vltavou. Příspěvek k poznání barrandienského proterozoika. - Acta Univ. Carol., Geol. l,2, 187 - 228. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plíšek Antonín, 23.10.02
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 26.11.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 20.08.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1394 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1394.

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