General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Radotín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1242, 12421
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2896

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Prague City agglomeration. Long relief elevation consisting of Řeporyje Limestone which stratigraphically belongs to the Praha Formation (Lower Devonian, Pragian to lowermost Emsian). The Řeporyje Limestone is reddish and brown-reddish and consists of micritic limestones. The elevation is covered by interesting flora.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geology, paleontology, botany, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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 100, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 29.10.08
Updated by: Steinová Marika 12.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2896 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2896.

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