General Characteristics
County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Loděnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1241, 12412
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Technical object: guarry
ID : 187
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Old quarry with an exposure of upper parts of the Lochkov Formation (Kotýz Limestone facies) and lower parts of the Praha Formation (Koněprusy, Slivenec, Loděnice and Řeporyje formations). Many fossiliferous horizons and thus paleontologically significant site.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, karst
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: open cast mining
References
Chlupáč, I. (1983): Stratigraphical position of Barrande's paleontological localities in the Devonian of Central Bohemia.- Čas. Min. Geol., 23 (3), 261-275. Praha. Chlupáč, I. - Šnajdr, M. (1989): A remarkable Pragian trilobite assemblage from the Barrandian. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 64, 129-142. Praha. Kovanda, J. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25 000, 12-412 Rudná. Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-122. Praha. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 10.04.93
Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 187 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/187. Location in map:
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