Rokycanská stráň
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Rokycany
Village:
Rokycany
Cadastre:
Rokycany
Map sheets:
12-33 Plzeň, 12-334 Rokycany
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
sand pit, quarry
ID:
1004
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops on the forested slope. The Ordovician Klabava Formation is exposed consisting of greenish claystones. Sediments of overlying Šárka Formation are also present.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Middle Ordovician
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
clayey shale
Territorial protection
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, code 674 (Rokycanská stráň)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity, collection, road construction, vegetation
References
- Kraft, J. (1983): Chráněná a k ochraně navržená paleontologická naleziště Rokycanska. - Sbor. Západočes. Muz. v Plzni, Příroda, 45, 1-51. Plzeň.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslav Kraft, 24.06.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 23.09.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 22.05.2019, Vajskebrová Markéta, 15.01.2020
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1004 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1004.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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