General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Zadní Kopanina
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1241, 12412
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 218

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Complete stratigraphic section from the Přídolí Formation up to the upper part of the Zlíchov Formation. Dolomitized limestones and rich fossiliferous horizons in the Slivenec Limestone. The dyke of picritic porphyry penetrates limestones of the Zlíchov Formation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, petrology, geomorphology, botany
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, bed, dyke
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, porphyry

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český kras
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Chlupáč, I. (1955): Stratigrafická studie o nejstarších devonských vrstvách Barrandienu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 2, 21 (1954), 91-224. Praha. Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol., 23 (1956), 369-485. Praha. Kovanda, J. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25 000, 12-412 Rudná. Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-122. 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, 04.11.93

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 218 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/218.

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