General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Suchdol
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12241
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 206

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky slopes above floodplain. They are composed of Proterozoic rocks. Distinct monadnock is made of a silicite (lydite). Geomorphologically very interesting site.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy, lithology
Geological phenomenon: rock bag, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary, metamorphic (contact metamorphism)
Rock: slate, schist, greywacke, siltstone

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)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Straka J. et al. (1988): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25000, 12-241 Roztoky.- Ústř.úst.geol. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 10.10.94
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 206 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/206.

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