General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Broumy, Karlova Ves, Skryje nad Berounkou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12321,12323,12322
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2733

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Barrandian Paleozoic. Outcrops of Křivoklát-ROkycany volcanic complex, represented mostly by andesites, psrtly by rhyolites, dacites and their tuffs. In the westernmost part of this area sandstones and conglomerates of Middle Cambriabn Jince formation occur. Interesting relief, plains cut by canyon-like valles with rocky slopes and rock wastes.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - kambrium - svrchní kambrium, paleozoikum - kambrium - střední kambrium
Subject: geology, geomorphology, volcanology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, canyon, rock, scree
Genesis: aquatic (water activity), gravitational, sedimentary, volcanic , weathering , frost weathering
Rock: andesite, rhyolite, dacite, conglomerate, sandstone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve 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 and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Křivoklátsko
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Ložek V., Kubíková J., Špryňar P. a kol. (2005): Střední Čechy. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 782 - 785, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.10.08
Updated by: Štěpánek Petr 18.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2733 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2733.

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