General Characteristics

County (administration): Capital City of Prague
District (town): Praha
Cadastre: Hradčany, Malá Strana, Smíchov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1224, 12243
Geological region: Prague agglomeration
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 947

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Isolated rocky outcrops on the Petřín Hill inside Prague City. Quartzose sandstones of the Korycany Formation (Cenomanian) exhibit well developed current bedding and blocky jointing.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Barrandien, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída - cenoman, paleozoikum
Subject: geology, geomorphology, botany, lithology
Geological phenomenon: unconformity, outcrop, transgression
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: sandstone, opuka (aranaceous marlstone), slate, schist

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 and Biological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: vegetation, tourism

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: 947 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/947.

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