General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Rokycany
Cadastre: Ostrovec u Terešova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1232, 12323
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 3767

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Series of small pits and weathered outcrops can be traced in surroudings of the Kohoutov, Radost and Tycsky hills in the centre ot the Křivoklát-Rokycany formation. Volcanic rocks are either ryolite lavas or remnants of ryolite agglomerate flows. Volcanics are of Furong age.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - kambrium - svrchní kambrium
Subject: geology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: volcaniclastic deposits, lava flow
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: agglomerate, rhyolite

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: private property

References

Vorel T. et.al. (2014): Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 12-323 list Podmokly. - MS Archív ČGS Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 03.04.14

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3767 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3767.

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