Oujezdce
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Beroun
Village:
Měňany, Suchomasty
Cadastre:
Suchomasty, Měňany
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun, 12-413 Králův Dvůr
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
180
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old vegetated quarries exposing the uppermost parts of the Lochkov Formation (Kotýz Limestone facies). Also boundary beds Lochkov/Prag are visible. This outcrop serves as a typical example of the Pragian event. Also important paleontological locality in the Vinařice Limestone.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Lower Devonian
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
karst, fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Český kras
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal
References
- Horný, R. (1960): Stratigrafie a tektonika západních uzávěrů silurskodevonského synklinoria v Barrandienu. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol. , Geology, 26, 495-424. Praha
- Chlupáč, I., Lukeš, P., Paris, F. a Schonlaub, 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
- Chlupáč, I. (1987, ed.): Základní geologická mapa a vysvětlivky ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-413 Králův Dvůr. - Ústřední Ústav geologický, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 18.03.1993
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 180 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/180.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
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