Na Stydlých vodách
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Beroun
Village:
Svatý Jan pod Skalou
Cadastre:
Svatý Jan pod Skalou
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun, 12-411 Beroun
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
155
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Complex of abandoned quarries. One of the most important Lower Devonian locality in the Barrandian. The Slurian/Devonian boundary interval is exposed together with overlying Lochkov Formation. Example of a facial development of the Lower Devonian (lochkov formation - zlíchov formation).
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, geomorphology, sedimentology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
karst, fossils fauna, karst cave
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Český kras
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 164 (Karlštejn)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Chlupáč, I. (1953): Stratigrafická studie o hraničních vrstvách mezi silurem a devonem ve středních Čechách.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 20, 277-380. Praha
- Chlupáč, I. (1955): Stratigrafická studie o nejstarších devonských vrstvách Barrandienu. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol, Geol., 21, 2, 91-224. Praha
- Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol, Geol., 23, 1, 369-485. Praha
- Chlupáč, I., Jaeger, H. a Zikmundová, J. (1972): The Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Barrandian.- Bull. Canad. Petrol. Geol., 20 (1), 104-174. Calgary
- Chlupáč, I., Lukeš, P., Paris, F. a Schönlaub, H. P. (1985): The Lochkovian-Pragian boundary in the Lower Devonian of the Barrandian Area (Czechoslovakia).- Jb. Geol. B.A., 128 (1), 9-41. Wien
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 09.04.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 12.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 155 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/155.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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