General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Stodůlky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1223,1224, 12234,12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2738

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Prague CIty agglomeration. Shallow valley with some rocky slopes exposes part of Ordovician sequence, namely the Dobrotivá Formation as Skalka Quartzite and Dobrotivá Shale. They are overlain by Řevnice Quartzite of the Libeň Formation. The Ordovician rocks are covered by transgressing Upper Cretaceous Cenomanian sediments (fresh water Peruc Beds and overlying Korycany Beds).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum, mezozoikum - křída
Subject: lithology, sedimentology, paleontology, geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, fossils fauna
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: quartzite, slate, schist, coal, sandstone, conglomerate

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 and Biological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kubíková J., Ložek V., Špryňar P. a kol. (2005): Praha. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.202 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 30.03.09
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2738 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2738.

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