General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Ďáblice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12212
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 211

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Upper Proterozoic silicites (lydites) in the abandoned quarry. On the hill summit traces of the Cretaceous marine abrasion. Cenomanian chalky sediments rich in foraminiferal fauna in depressions.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum, mezozoikum - křída
Subject: geomorphology, geology, paleontology, archeology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: silicite, claystone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area: (declared as Geological locality)
Conflicts of interests: collection, vegetation

References

Kubíková J., Ložek V., Špryňar P. a kol(2005): Praha In Mackovčin P. a sedláček M. (eds):Chráněná území ČR, svazek XII.;Hercogová a Kříž (1983)

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 10.01.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 09.09.09, Steinová Marika 23.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 211 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/211.

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