General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Střešovice, Veleslavín
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 946

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops of Cretaceous sandstones. In the upper part of the outcrops interesting basal spongiolite of the Bílá Hora Formation is exposed. Sandstones are cut by numerous fractures and also natural caves can be seen.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: geomorphology, stratigraphy, geology, lithology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: rock, bed
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: 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: without conflicts

References

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.

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: 946 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/946.

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