General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Rakovník
Cadastre: Křivoklát
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1214, 12144
Geological region: Barrandian Proterozoic; Tisá and Čistá-Jesenice massifs
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2986

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: This locality is represented by outcrops on slopes, overlooking the deep Berounka River valley. The outcrops exhibit the Neoproterozoic basement with typical greywackes and schists. They are cut by a system of veins of rhyolite. This locality belongs to the "Protected landscape area Křivoklátsko" and "Nature reserve". Geologically it represents a part of the Barrandian Proterozoic.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum - neoproterozoikum (1000 - 542 Ma), paleozoikum
Subject: lithology, botany, zoology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: greywacke, slate, schist

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Křivoklátsko
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Ložek V., Kubíková J., Špryňar P. a kol. (2005): Střední Čechy. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.758 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 01.04.09
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 08.09.17, Vorel Tomáš 27.04.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2986 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2986.

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