General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Tmaň
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1241, 12413
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 160

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Large-scale natural outcrops with typical karst morphology. The stratotype of the Lochkov Formation (Lower Devonian) with many fossiliferous horizons. Multidisciplinary character of this locality, also archeological finds.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology, geology, archeology
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, rock schelter, fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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) - Český kras
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining

References

Chlupáč, I. (1953): Stratigrafická studie o hraničních vrstvách mezi silurem a devonem ve středních Čechách.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 20, 277-380. Praha. Chlupáč, I. (1987, ed.): Základní geologická mapa a vysvětlivky ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-413 Králův Dvůr. - Ústřední Ústav geologický, Praha. Fridrich, J. - Sklenář, K. (1976): Die palaolithische und mesolithische Hohlenbesiedlung des Bohmischen Karstes. - Fontes archaeol. pragenses, 16, 1-122. National Museum Praha. Svoboda, J. - Prantl, F. (1949): Stratigraficko - tektonická studie o devonské oblasti koněpruské. - Sbor. St. geol. Úst., 16, 5-92. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 20.03.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 12.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 160 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/160.

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