General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Klatovy
Cadastre: Tupadly u Klatov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2124, 21244
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 427

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Pronounced silicite (lydite) monadnock on the margin of the Teplá-Barranmdian Unit (called also Bohemicum). One of the southwesternmost occurrences of a Proterozoic lydite.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: monadnok, block field, rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering
Rock: lydite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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 Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

ahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 248, Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Babůrek Jiří, 08.10.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 05.10.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 427 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/427.

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