General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Malá Strana,Holešovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 944

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Letná Hill inside Prague City is a type locality of the Letná Formation (Ordovician, Beroun Series). It consists of an alternation of gsubgreywackes and siltstones. Coarse-gained layers exhibit interesting sedimentary structures. Also faunal remains are present.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, lithology, geology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, outcrop, bed, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: slate, schist, sandstone

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: vegetation, collection, ground instability

References

Čech, S. (1972): Ekospolečenstvo trilobitů z nové lokality v letenském souvrství (caradoc) v Praze na Letné. - Věstník Ústř. Úst. geol., 47, 243-247. Praha. Čech, S. (1975): Cranial reticulation and functional morphology of the cephalic fringe in Trinucleidae (Trilobita). - Věstník Ústř. Úst. geol., 50, 173-177. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Kříž Jiří, 11.11.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 944 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/944.

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