General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Kunratice, Krč, Michle
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1242, 12421
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 247

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Well preserved floodplain with distinct meanders. On the surrounding slopes there are outcrops of the Štěchovce Group of the Barrandian Upper Proterozoic and also exposures of the Ordovician representing the stratigraphic sequence from the Třenice Formation up to the Letná Formation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, archeology, zoology, geomorphology, geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: bed, fold, outcrop, cliff
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: shale, siltstone, sandstone, greywacke, 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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Cháb j. et al. (1988): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR l:25000, 12-243 Praha-jih.- Ústř.úst.geol. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 31.12.94
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 247 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-18]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/247.

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