General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Bubeneč
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 943

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Hill with natural and artificial outcrops. Abandoned quarry exposes Ordovician Skalka Quartzite. Facial changes from quartzose sandstones up to siltstones and clayey sandstones can be seen. Quartzose sandstones are rich in ichnofossils Tigillites.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology, geomorphology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic
Rock: shale, 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)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: ground instability, vegetation

References

Matějka, A. (1920): Profil u bubenečského nádraží. - Čas. Mus. Král. čes., 1-7. Praha. Záruba, Q. (1948): Geologický podklad a základové poměry vnitřní Prahy. - Geotechnica, St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ., 5, 1-83. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kříž Jiří, 11.10.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 943 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/943.

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