Terasy Berounky u Chlumku
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-město
Village:
Plzeň
Cadastre:
Bukovec
Map sheets:
12-33 Plzeň, 12-333 Plzeň
Technical object:
gravel pit
ID:
1155
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Active gravel pit exposing terrace sediments of a Middle Pleistocene age. Loamy gravel layer is 500 cm thick and rich in feldspars. Sedimentologically interesting, also imortant from the viewpoint of Quaternary stratigraphy.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Quaternary > Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy:
Quaternary
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
river terrace, fluvial terrace
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
gravel
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Mašek J. et al. (1993): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000 list 12-333 Plzeň. - ČGÚ Prah
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jan Mašek, 02.07.2001
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1155 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1155.
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