Chlum u Srbska
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Beroun
Village:
Srbsko
Cadastre:
Srbsko u Karlštejna
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun, 12-413 Králův Dvůr
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
167
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old abandoned quarries with exposures of the upper part of the Lochkov Formation up to the base of the Zlíchov Formation (Devonian). Several caves representing the second largest cave system in the Bohemian Karst. Important finds of the Pleistocene cave fauna.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, structural geology, paleontology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
karst, karst cave, river terrace, fluvial terrace, fossils fauna
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:
waste disposal, tourism, vegetation
References
- 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. (1987, ed.): Základní geologická mapa a vysvětlivky ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-413 Králův Dvůr. - Ústřední Ústav geologický, Praha
- Kučera, B. - Hromas, J. - Skřivánek, F. (1981): Jeskyně a propasti v Českoslovenku. - Academia Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 05.04.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 12.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 167 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/167.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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