General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Hlohovičky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12323
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3761

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Several outcrops along the local road to the Hlohovičky village. It is probable, that upper part of rocks belongs to mmassive deep gris andesite volcanics, whilst lower part of bedded rocks corresponds to "lower" dacite. Volcanics are of Furong age and form the part of the Křivloklát-Rokycany volcanic complex.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - kambrium - svrchní kambrium
Subject: geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: dacite, andesite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Vorel T. et.al. (2014): Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 1:25 000 12-323 Podmokly. - Archív CGS Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 02.04.14

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3761 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3761.

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