Dolní Vlkýš
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-město
Village:
Plzeň
Cadastre:
Dolní Vlkýš
Map sheets:
11-44 Nýřany, 11-444 Nýřany
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
2075
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Permocarboniferous, Plzeň Basin. Small abandoned quarry with outcrops of Carboniferous arkoses of the Slaný Formation. They are massive, coarse grained, whitish and yelllowish with ripple marks on basal bedding plane. In nearby outcrops lacustrine sediments of the Malesice Beds are exposed.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Upper Carboniferous and Permian > Central and Western Bohemian Late Palaeozoicum > Plzeň Basin
Stratigraphy:
Carboniferous
Subject:
sedimentology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon:
ripple marks
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
arkose
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:
Vajskebrová Markéta, 17.06.2021
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2075 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2075.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
minor
Educational assesment:
minor
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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