General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Rakovník
Cadastre: Zbečno
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1214, 12144
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2868

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The ravine at a margin of the Zbečno settlement. About 3 m thick Quaternary dune occurs there. This loess is formed of mixture of clay and silt. Differently grained and coloured irregular layers alternate. Both lime nodules and claystone fragments are frequent in this loess.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: loess

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Křivoklátsko
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: forestry

References

Holásek,O. in Stárková M.(2006): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1: 25 000 list Lány.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stárková Marcela, 13.06.08
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 16.12.15

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2868 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2868.

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