General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Jinonice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 948

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Classical section through the sandstones of the Peruc and Korycany formation (Cretaceous, Cenomanian). Reference locality for the solution of a problem of a boundary between fresh-water and marine Cretaceous sediments. Also interesting botanical locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, botany, sedimentology, lithology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: table mountain, outcrop
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: opuka (aranaceous marlstone), marlstone, marl, sandstone, claystone

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, waste disposal

References

Králík, F. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-243 Praha - sever. Ústř. úst. geol. 131 str. Praha.; Chlupáč I. (1999): Vycházky za geologickou minulostí Prahy a okolí. Academia Praha. 279 str., ISBN 80-200-0680-X.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Zelenka Přemysl, 10.01.93
Updated by: Steinová Marika 18.09.09, Steinová Marika 23.11.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 05.03.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 948 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/948.

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