General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Rakovník
Cadastre: Branov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12321
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 3292

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Barrandian, Middle Cambrian. Outcrop of conglomerates on the relief promontory. They stratigraphically belong to the Vosnik Conglomerate, youngest member of the Skryje-Týřovice Cambrian. Medium- up to coarse grained conglomerate is of petromictic character, contains quartz, lydite, spilite and greywacke clasts. Contact with overlying Upper Cambrian andesite is also exposed.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - kambrium - střední kambrium, paleozoikum - kambrium - svrchní kambrium
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, lava flow
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic
Rock: conglomerate, slate, schist, andesite

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

Horák, L. (1962): Nové poznatky o stavbě skryjsko-týřovického kambria. – Čas. Mineral. Geol., roč. 7., č. 4., 404 – 406. Praha.; Kettner, R. (1923): Kambrium skrejsko-tejřovické a jeho okolí. – Sbor. St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ., 3, 5–63. 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: 3292 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3292.

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