Špičatý vrch - Barrandovy jámy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Beroun
Village:
Loděnice
Cadastre:
Loděnice u Berouna
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun, 12-412 Rudná
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
2499
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrop exposed diabase pillow lava, tufitic shale, calcareous tuffs, limestone and calcareous shale Silurian age (Motol Formation). Is a very rich paleontological site, famous for remains of trilobites, graptolites, brachiopods, corals and calcareous algae.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, outcrop
Genesis:
sedimentary, volcanic
Rock:
slate, schist, limestone, tuffite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument 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 439 (Špičatý vrch-Barrandovy jámy)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability, estates
References
- Knížetová L., Pecina P., Pivničková M.,1987:: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve Středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 85.- Středisko památkové péče a ochrany přírody Středočeského kraje, Bohemia centralis 16, str. 42 - 43, Praha.
- Libertín M., Kvaček J., Bek J., Žárský V., Štorch P. (2018): Sporophytes of polysporangiate land plants from the early Silurian period may have been photosynthetically autonomous. - Nature Plants, vol. 4, 269–271.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ludmila Knížetová, 31.12.1987
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 23.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2499 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/2499.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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