Údolí Kačáku u Sv.Jana pod Skalou a Hostimi
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Beroun
Village:
Beroun, Srbsko, Svatý Jan pod Skalou
Cadastre:
Srbsko u Karlštejna, Hostim u Berouna, Svatý Jan pod Skalou
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun, 12-411 Beroun,12-413 Králův Dvůr
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
172
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Series of rocky walls, natural outcrops and old quarries. Important outcrops in the volcanic centre of the Lower Silurian with many fossiliferous limestone horizons. Also boundary interval Silurian/Devonian is exposed.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, structural geology, sedimentology, archeology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
karst, fossils fauna, fossils-flora, fold, outcrop, slickenside, karst cave, canyon
Genesis:
sedimentary, volcanic
Rock:
limestone, slate, schist
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:
sports
References
- Fridrich, J. - Sklenář, K. (1976): Die paläolithische und mesolithische Höhlenbesiedlung des Böhmischen Karstes. - Fontes archaeol. pragenses, 16, 1-122. National Museum Praha
- Havlíček, V. a Štorch, P. (1990): Silurian brachiopods and benthic communities in the Prague Basin (Czchoslovakia). - Rozpr. Ústř. Úst. geol., 48, 1-275. Praha
- Horný, R. (1955): Studie o vrstvách budňanských v západní části Barrandienu. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., Geol., 21, 2, 315-447. Praha
- Chlupáč, I. (1959): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie břidlic dalejských a vápenců hlubočepských (eifel) ve středočeském devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol.,25 (1958), 445-511. Praha
- Chlupáč, I. (1960): Stratigrafická studie o vrstvách srbských (givet) ve středočeském devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol. I., 26 (1959), 143-185. Praha
- Chlupáč, I. (1983): Stratigraphical position of Barrandes paleontological localities in the Devonian of Central Bohemia.- Čas. Min. Geol., 23 (3), 261-275. Praha
- Chlupáč, I.(1983): Trilobite assemblages in the Devonian of the Barrandian area and their relations to palaeoenvironments.- Geologica et Palaeontologica, 17, 45-73. Marburg
- Chlupáč, I. (1987): Ecostratigraphy of Silurian trilobite assemblages of the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia. Newslett. Stratigr., 17 (3), 169-186. Leiden
- Chlupáč, I., Jaeger, H. a Zikmundová, J. (1972): The Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Barrandian.- Bull. Canad. Petrol. Geol., 20(1):104-174. Calgary
- Kovanda, J. (1971): Kvartérní vápence Československa.- Sbor. geol. Věd, Antropozoikum, A, 7, 7-236. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 05.04.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 13.11.2008, Steinová Marika, 23.11.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 172 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/172.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
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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