General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-sever
Cadastre: Bohy
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1231, 12314
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2411

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Barrandian Proterozoic. Steep slopes overlooking Berounka River valley. Series of outcrops of Upper Proterozoic graphitic and alum schists with interlayers of lydites and spilites. Also some quartzite and limestone layers occur. Thick colluvial deposits, blocky and loamy scree. Rich and interesting vegetation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon: scree, outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: lydite, spilite, slate, schist, greywacke, qurtzite

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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

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.351Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 03.04.09
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 01.08.10, Kukal Zdeněk 01.10.12, Vajskebrová Markéta 30.11.22

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2411 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2411.

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