General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Kublov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12324
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2501

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Barrandian Neoproterozoic. Rocky ridge at foot of Velíz Hill. Hard resistant lydite, siliceous rock, blackish with light quartz veins. Laterally passes into siliceous schists. Vegetated by self-seeded woody plants, recently clearcut.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rock, scree
Genesis: sedimentary, chemogenetic
Rock: lydite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: 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) - Křivoklátsko
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982-85.- Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 48 - 49, Středisko státní památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Knížetová Ludmila, 31.12.87
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 20.07.05, Gürtlerová Pavla 01.09.10, Kukal Zdeněk 01.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2501 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2501.

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