Malá Amerika
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Beroun
Village:
Karlštejn
Cadastre:
Budňany
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun, 12-414 Černošice
Accessibility:
access without footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
3116
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
An important outcrop of the bioclastic limestones of the Praha Formation (Lower Devonian, Pragian Stage), exposed in the quarry. Small lake in the bottom of the quarry.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, karst cave, characteristic rock
Genesis:
anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity), sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve 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 164 (Karlštejn)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
recreation
References
- Havlíček, V. et al. (1986): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25000 list 12-141 Černošice. 84 pp., Ústřední ústav geologický, Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Budil, 06.03.2009
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3116 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3116.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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