General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Hloubětín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12244
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 214

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Tectonically isolated outcrop of Skalka Quartzite.(Ordovician, Dobrotivá Series). It is separated from claystones of the Záhořany Formation by an important tectonic feature - Prague fault.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: structural geology, paleontology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: fault, fossils fauna, cliff, slickenside
Genesis: sedimentary, tectonic
Rock: slate, schist, quartzite

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: ground instability, vegetation

References

Röhlich, P. (1960): Ordovik severovýchodní části Prahy. - Rozpr. Čs. Akad. Věd, Ř. mat. přír. Věd, 70, 1-64. Praha. Vorel, J. (1982): Pásmo pražského zlomu ve vnitřní Praze.- Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 57 (4), 219-225. Praha.; Kříž (1985); Rohlich (1953)

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kříž Jiří, 11.10.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 09.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 214 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/214.

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