General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Rakovník
Cadastre: Branov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12321,12322
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 2796

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Barrandian Palaeozoic. National Nature Reserve. The slope of Berounka River Valley, modelled by cryogenic processes. Rock basement consists party of Neoproterozoic greywackes and clayey shales, parly of Upper Cambrian volcanics of the Křivoklát-Rokycany Complex, represented mostly by andesites. Quaternary cover of variable thickness, interesting flora.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum - neoproterozoikum (1000 - 542 Ma), paleozoikum - kambrium - svrchní kambrium
Subject: geology, geomorphology, lithology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, frost cliff, rock, scree, outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary, volcanic , weathering
Rock: greywacke, slate, schist, conglomerate, andesite, dacite, rhyolite

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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared 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. 788 - 789, 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: 2796 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2796.

Location in map: