General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Rakovník
Cadastre: Týřovice nad Berounkou
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12321
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3287

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Barrandian, Lower Cambrian. Natural outcrops and old small quarries exhibiting basal part of the Middle Cambrian sequence - the Mileč Conglomerate. These conglomerates are fine grained, made almost entirely of quartz pebbles. They are of marine origin, locally show cross bedding, and contain fossils, mainly brachiopods´and trilobites. Underlying Neoproterozoic spilites crops out nearby.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - kambrium - střední kambrium
Subject: sedimentology, stratigraphy, paleontology, history
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section, fossils fauna, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: conglomerate, sandstone, spilite

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 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

Chlupáč, I. (1999): Vycházky za geologickou minulostí Prahy a okolí. – Academia, 280 str. Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vorel Tomáš, 14.01.11
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 01.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3287 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3287.

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