Město Touškov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-město
Village:
Plzeň
Cadastre:
Malesice
Map sheets:
11-44 Nýřany, 11-444 Nýřany
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
2074
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Permocarboniferous, Plzeň Basin. Outcrops in a water flow valley. Carboniferous siltstones of the Slaný Formation (Malesice Beds) crop out there. There are greyish and whitish, horizontally bedded with some sandy interlayers. Fine rippple marks occur on bedding planes. Relics of fossil flora were found.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum > Plzeň Basin
Stratigraphy:
Stephanian B
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
deformation fabrics, fossils-flora, bedding, ripple marks
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
siltstone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Stárková M. a kolektiv autorů, 2002: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 11444 Nýřany.- Česká geologická služba Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jan Mašek, 28.04.2004, Marcela Stárková, 28.04.2004
Updated by:
Stárková Marcela, 14.12.2007, Vajskebrová Markéta, 17.06.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2074 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2074.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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