Zbuzanská Mramorka

General Characteristics

County (administration): Středočeský kraj
District (town): Praha-západ
Village: Zbuzany
Cadastre: Zbuzany
Map sheets: 12-41 Beroun, 12-412 Rudná
Accessibility: access without footpath
Technical object: quarry
ID: 191


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Active open pit mine with a section from the Řeporyje Limestone through the Dvorce-Prokop Limestone up to the lower parts of the Zlíchov Formation. Important reference section specially for the Pragian-Emsian interval.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy: Paleozoic
Subject: stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: limestone


Territorial protection

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark: Barrandien
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, reclamation


References
  • Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol. I, 23 (1956), 369-485. Praha
  • Chlupáč, I. - Hladil, J. - Lukeš, P. et al. (1986): Field conference Barrandian - Moravian Karst.- Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy - Excursion Guidebook, Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-62. Praha
  • Svoboda, J. a Prantl, F. (1948): O stratigrafii a tektonice staršího paleozoika v okolí Chýnice.- Sbor. St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ., 15, 1-39. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Ivo Chlupáč, 12.04.1993
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta, 25.11.2020


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 191 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/191.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: great
Educational assesment: major
Significance: supraregional
Representativeness: major
Geological importance: paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions: acceptable

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