General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Hlubočepy, Jinonice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1242, 12421
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 222

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops and old quarries. Upper part of the Přídolí Formation (Silurian, Přídolí) is exposed as well as overlying Lochkov Formation and complete sequence of the Pragian. Extremely important paleontologically, stratigraphically and sedimentologically.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, bed, outcrop, fault
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone, slate, schist

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 locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Cháb, J. et al. (1988): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25 000, 12-142, Praha-jih. - Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-200. Praha. Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol., 23 (1956), 369-485. Praha. Chlupáč, I. (1993): Geology of the Barrandian.- Senckenberg - Buch, 69, 1-163. Frankfurt am Main. Chlupáč, I., Jaeger, H. a Zikmundová, J. (1972): The Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Barrandian.- Bull. Canad. Petrol. Geol., 20 (1), 104-174. Calgary. Chlupáč, I. et al. (1986): Field conference Barrandian - Moravian Karst.- Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy - Excursion Guidebook, Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-62. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 04.10.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 16.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 222 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/222.

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