General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Beroun
Cadastre: Králův Dvůr
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1241, 12413
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2500

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Stratotype for Zahořany formation (Ordovician).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: claystone, siltstone

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: waste disposal, collection

References

Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982-85. - Bohemia centralis, sv. 16, str. 47 - 48, Středisko státní památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Knížetová Ludmila, 31.12.87
Updated by: Bokr Pavel 05.09.07, Steinová Marika 23.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2500 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2500.

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