General Characteristics
County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Libeň
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 940
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Railway cut with outcrops of a lower part of the Letná Formation (Beroun Series, Ordovician). Part of underlying and overlying formations is also exposed. Classical Ordovician section.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, lithology, paleontology, sedimentology, geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, cliff, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: shale, sandstone, siltstone, quartzite
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)
Conflicts of interests: vegetation
References
Čech, S. (1975): Fauna dobrotivského souvrství (ordovik) z příležitostných odkryvů v Praze. - Čas. Nár. Muzea, odd. přír., 144 (1/4), 89-92. Praha. Králík, F. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-243, Praha - sever. Ústř. Úst. geol. 131 p. Praha. Kříž, J. a Pek, I. (1974): Dysplanus, Nobiliasaphus and Petrbokia (Trilobita) in the Llandeilo of Bohemia. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 49, 19-27. Praha. Röhlich, P. (1960): Ordovik severovýchodní části Prahy. - Rozpr. Čs. Akad. Věd, Ř. mat. přír. Věd, 70 (11), 1-64. Praha. Kompletní přehled literatury viz Králík et al. (1984). Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Kříž Jiří, 10.01.96
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09, Steinová Marika 23.11.09 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 940 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/940. Location in map:
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