General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Dolní Liboc
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1021

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops of the Skalka Quartzite. They consist of massive banks of quartzose sandstones with interlayers of sandy claystones. Interesting sedimentary structures in the sandstones, specially on their bedding planes.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, geology
Geological phenomenon: bed, fossils fauna, ripple marks, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: quartzite, shale

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 and Biological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: recreation, waste disposal

References

Kukal Z.(1957): Petrografický výzkum skaleckých a drabovských vrstev barrandienského ordoviku.-Sbor.Ústř.úst.geol.,odd.geol.,23,215-295.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Budil Petr, 04.11.94
Updated by: Steinová Marika 21.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1021 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1021.

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