Zámky
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Bohnice
Map sheets:
12-24 Praha, 12-241 Roztoky
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
208
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops and abandoned quarry. Alternation of Proterozoic greywackes with shales. Also several dykes of porphyry. Massive greywackes in the quarry, penetrated by a dyke of altered basalt.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, geology, petrology, sedimentology, botany, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
rock, dyke
Genesis:
sedimentary, magmatic
Rock:
greywacke, basalt, slate, schist
Territorial protection
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, code 763 (Zámky)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability
References
- Dudek, A. a Fediuk, F. (1955): Zur Altersfrage der Metamorphose im barrandienischen Proterozoikum. - Geologie, 4 (4), 397-403. Berlin.
- Matějka, A. (1921): O geologických poměrech severního Povltaví.- Sbor. St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ., 1919-1920, 1, 49-81. Praha.
- Röhlich, P. (1962): Přehled geologických výzkumů barrandienského algonkia.- Knih. Ústř. Úst. geol., 39, 97p. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Kříž, 11.01.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 09.09.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 20.08.2020
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 208 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/208.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
You can send information about a change in the status of the site to lokality@geology.cz
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