General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Radotín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1242, 12423
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 2745

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Prague City agglomeration. Nature reserve protecting Silurian-Devonian boundary beds. The section starts with a Silurian Kopanina Formation, continues with Silurian Požáry Formation, crosses Silurian-Devonian boundary beds and ends with Devonian limestones of Lochkiov and Praha formations. Recent flora is of thermophile character.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: paleontology, botany, geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, lithological boundary, bed
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český kras
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, Praha, str.128

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 15.05.07
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 28.05.07, Steinová Marika 21.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2745 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-30]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2745.

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