General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Praha-východ
Cadastre: Popovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12242
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 929

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quary, partly flooded. Thrust plane is clearly visible along which the Upper Proterozoic is thrust over the Ordovician. The Proterozoic is composed of siltstones and shales of the Štěchovice Group. Barrandian Ordovician consists of quartzose conglomerates of the Třenice Formation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum, paleozoikum
Subject: structural geology, petrology, sedimentology, geology
Geological phenomenon: fault
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: slate, schist, greywacke, conglomerate, silicite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Havlíček P. et al. (1987): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25000, 12-242 Čakovice. - Ústř. Úst. geol. Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mašek Jan, 10.10.94
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 29.11.21

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 929 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/929.

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