Chejlava
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Plzeň-jih
Village:
Měcholupy
Cadastre:
Měcholupy u Blovic
Map sheets:
22-11 Přeštice, 22-114 Blovice
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
2454
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops of slightly metamorphosed schists and greywackes with interlayers of lydites. Lydites are modified by frost-river cliffs underlain by blocky scree. Periglacial frost-riven cliffes can be as much as 10 m high. The locality belongs to the Barrandian Proterozoic, is classified as National Nature Reserve and is situated in the Nature Park "Buková hora-Chýlava".
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
geology, geomorphology, quaternary geology, lithology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
lithological boundary, frost cliff, rock, scree, outcrop
Genesis:
aquatic (water activity), gravitational, metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary, weathering , frost weathering
Rock:
lydite, greywacke
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 127 (Chejlava)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P. a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 282, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavla Gürtlerová, 22.10.2008
Updated by:
Štěpánek Petr, 18.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2454 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2454.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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