General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Praha-západ
Cadastre: Zbuzany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1241, 12412
Geological region: Barrandien Palaeozoic; Blanice Furrow
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 191

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Active open pit mine with a section from the Řeporyje Limestone through the Dvorce-Prokop Limestone up to the lower parts of the Zlíchov Formation. Important reference section specially for the Pragian-Emsian interval.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone

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, reclamation

References

Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol. I, 23 (1956), 369-485. Praha. Chlupáč, I. - Hladil, J. - Lukeš, P. et al. (1986): Field conference Barrandian - Moravian Karst.- Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy - Excursion Guidebook, Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-62. Praha. Svoboda, J. a Prantl, F. (1948): O stratigrafii a tektonice staršího paleozoika v okolí Chýnice.- Sbor. St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ., 15, 1-39. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 12.04.93
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 25.11.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 191 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/191.

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