General Characteristics
County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-město
Cadastre: Bolevec
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12331
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous and Tertiary of the Central Bohemian & Western Bohemian limnic regions
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2412
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: West- and Central Bohemian Late Palaeozoic. Natural outcrop in a water flow bank. Carboniferous sandstones and conglomerates situated just on a tectonic fault. Spheroidal body, possibly a concretion of calcareous sandstone. Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon - svrchní karbon - siles
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, concretion , bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, weathering
Rock: arkose, conglomerate
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Nature monument
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.318 Praha. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 02.06.09
Updated by: Lojka Richard 10.07.10, Lojka Richard 23.10.10, Lojka Richard 23.10.10 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2412 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2412. Location in map:
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