General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Lochkov, Radotín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1242, 12421
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2739

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Prague City agglomeration. Long, partly covered profile with Upper Ordovician up to Lower Devonian sediments. This sections starts with Ordovician sediments of Kosov Formation, continues with Silurian claystones of Litohlavy Formation with a thick body basalt dykes and extrusions. Also pillow lava structures can be observed. Overlying sediments belong to the Silurian Motol Formation, Požáry Formation and younger Devonian Lochkov Formation. Numerous fossiliferous limestone beds with well known localities along the whole section.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: lithology, geomorphology, sedimentology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, lava flow, outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary, magmatic
Rock: slate, schist, limestone, basalt

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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared 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.193 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 30.03.09
Updated by: Steinová Marika 21.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2739 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2739.

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