General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Plzeň-jih
Cadastre: Starý Plzenec
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1233, 12334
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 999

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops in the rocky slope. They show sediments of the upper parts of the Dobrotivá Formation (Ordovician). They consist mainly of black claystones with some siltstone layers and some massive beds of quartzose sandstones in the upper part of the outcrop. Paleontological locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, sedimentology, stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop, bed
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: quartzite, slate, schist

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)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Röhlich, P. (1957): Střední ordovik (Lanvirn a Llandeilo) u Starého Plzence. - Rozp. Čs. Akad. Věd, Ř. mat. přír. Věd, 67, 1, 1-58. Praha. Mašek, J. et al. (1993): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000, 12-333, Plzeň.- ČGÚ Praha. Mergl, M. (1978): Výsledky paleontologického výzkumu ordoviku v širším okolí Starého Plzence. - Sbor. Západočes. Muz. v Plzni, Příroda, 28, 1-70. Plzeň.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kraft Jaroslav, 21.07.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 23.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 999 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/999.

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