General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-město
Cadastre: Bolevec, Chotíkov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12331,12333
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2368

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Central Bohemian and West Bohemian Late Palaeozoic. Outcrops of sandstones and conglomerates of Late Carboniferous Týnec Formation. Bedrock is covered by Quaternary regolith, fluvial sediments, rock waste and peat bog organic deposits.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - svrchní karbon - siles, kenozoikum - kvartér - holocén
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, scree, pseudocrast cave, peat bog, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, weathering , tectonic, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: arkose, sandstone, conglomerate, peat

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: recreation, sports, vegetation

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. 322,358 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 02.06.09
Updated by: Lojka Richard 10.07.10, Kukal Zdeněk 01.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2368 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2368.

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