Vysoký Tok
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Rakovník
Village:
Branov
Cadastre:
Branov
Map sheets:
12-32 Zdice, 12-322 Hudlice
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
154
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky hill consisting of dacite, rhyodacite and dacite tuff. Southern cliff with a thick talus was formed by a glacial erosion. Interesting geomorphology together with floral and faunal phenomena.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien > Příbram - Jince Basin
Stratigraphy:
Upper Cambrian
Subject:
geomorphology, petrology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon:
frost cliff, scree field, characteristic rock
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
ignimbrite, rhyolite, dacite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Křivoklátsko
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 841 (Vysoký tok)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Knížetová, L. - Pecina, P. - Pivničková, M. (1987): Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982-1985. - Bohemia Centralis, sv. 16, str. 244 - 245, Praha
- Mašek, J. et al. (1993): Geologická mapa a vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000, list 12 - 32 Zdice. ČGÚ Praha.
- Vorel, T. et al. (2012): Geologická mapa a vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000, list 12-322 Hudlice. ČGS Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ludmila Knížetová, 01.01.1994, Jan Mašek, 01.01.1994
Updated by:
Plíšek Antonín, 30.09.2005, Steinová Marika, 24.09.2009, Gürtlerová Pavla, 15.10.2015
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 154 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/154.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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