Skalní útvar Brdce
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Středočeský kraj
District (town):
Kladno
Village:
Horní Bezděkov
Cadastre:
Horní Bezděkov
Map sheets:
12-23 Kladno, 12-233 Unhošť
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
3788
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky cliffs, called "Brdce". Several outcrops in form of rocky cliffs made of typical lydites (silicites). They are severely fractured and transected by numerous veinlet networks. They are mostly black but with some multicoloured parts.Also tectonic polishing can be observed.
Such lydites (silicites) reoresent typical part of the Kralupy-Zbraslav Group of Barrandian Neoproterozoic.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien > Barrandien - Paleozoic > Kralupy - Zbraslav Group
Stratigraphy:
Neoproterozoic
Subject:
geomorphology, lithology, structural geology, petrology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
rock, rock bag, monadnok
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
silicite, lydite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- M.Stárková et al. (2014): Vysvětlivky ke geologické mapě 12-233 list Unhošť. - MS Archív ČGS Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Tomáš Vorel, 11.09.2014
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3788 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3788.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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