General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Praha-západ
Cadastre: Davle
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1242, 12423
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1022

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry exposes sediments of the Davle Formation (Kralupy-Zbraslav Group of the Barrandian Upper Proterozoic). Upper part of the outcrop exposes agglomerates and lapilli tuffs with petrologically interesting transitions from volcaniclastic sediments into volcanic rocks.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: volcanology, petrology, geology, stratigraphy, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: fault, dyke
Genesis: volcanic , sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: tuff, tuffite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Röhlich P. - Fediuk F. (1964): Profil barrandienským algonkiem jižně od Prahy. Geologický průvodce. - Ústř. úst. geol. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 04.11.94
Updated by: Steinová Marika 23.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1022 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1022.

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