General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Pitkovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1242, 12422
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2742

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Naturally rocky outcrop with proterozoic claystone (Kralupsko-Zbraslavská group). The locality is classified as Nature Monument in is situted in the Nature Park.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (contact metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock: shale

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 )
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.162 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 30.03.09
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09, Kukal Zdeněk 22.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2742 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2742.

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