České údolí
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-město
Village:
Plzeň
Cadastre:
Valcha
Map sheets:
12-33 Plzeň, 12-333 Plzeň
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
1431
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Barrandian Neoproterozoic and West Bohemian Late Palaeozoic basins. Rocky slope opverlooking water reservoir České údolí. Outcrops of Neoproterozoic phyllitic schists with secretory quartz, gently folded. Overlain by Late Carboniferous arkoses of the Plzeň Basin
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum;
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Upper Carboniferous, Neoproterozoic
Subject:
structural geology, stratigraphy, petrology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fold, deformation fabrics, transgression, horizontal section, characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock:
phyllitic schist, greywacke, arkose
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Mašek J. a kol. (1993): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list 12333 Plzeň.- Český geologický ústav Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Marcela Stárková, 11.12.2002
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 23.01.2005, Lojka Richard, 10.07.2010, Kukal Zdeněk, 01.10.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1431 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1431.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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