General Characteristics
County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Lysolaje
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12241
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 932
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Deep gorge with outcrops of Cenomanian Peruc and Korycany formations. Sandstones exhibit well developed current bedding. They are overlain by a thick Quaternary loess cover.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: stratigraphy, geomorphology, sedimentology, geology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, bedding, cliff
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone), sandstone, loess
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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal, vegetation
References
Kubíková J., Ložek V., Špryňar P. a kol. (2005): Praha. Chráněná území ČR, svazek XII. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 10.01.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 932 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/932. Location in map:
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