Plzeň - Bílá Hora
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-město
Village:
Plzeň
Cadastre:
Bolevec
Map sheets:
12-33 Plzeň, 12-333 Plzeň
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1169
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops exposing shales and siltstones of the Kralupy-Zbraslav Group of the Barrandian Proterozoic. They are overlain by Permocarboniferous sediments of Radnice Beds which belong to the Plzeň Basin. Geologically very interesting.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien;
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic, Paleozoic
Subject:
sedimentology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
cliff, transgression, bedding, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
phyllite, siltstone, arkose, sandstone, conglomerate
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts, vegetation
References
- Mašek J. et al.(1993): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25000, list 12-333 Plzeň. - ČGÚ Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jan Mašek, 10.07.2001
Updated by:
Lorencová Markéta, 25.01.2005, Gürtlerová Pavla, 01.09.2010, Lojka Richard, 23.10.2010
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1169 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1169.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
poor
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