Dalejský profil
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Holyně, Řeporyje, Stodůlky
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun,12-42 Zbraslav, 12-412 Rudná,12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
217
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Small abandoned quarry with a basalt sill. It is overlain by shales of the Motol Formation (Silurian, Wenlock). The shales are rich in graptolites and contactly metamorphosed. Other outcrops shows devonian sequence from lochkov formation to zlíchov formation.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, dyke, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary, metamorphic (contact metamorphism), magmatic
Rock:
limestone, basalt, slate, schist
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature monument
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 743 (Dalejský profil)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal, vegetation
References
- Bouček, B. (1937): Stratigrafie siluru v dalejském údolí u Prahy a v jeho nejbližším okolí. - Rozpr. Čes. Akad., 46 (27), 1-20. Praha.
- Cháb, J. et al. (1988): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25 000, 12-142, Praha-jih. - Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-200. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1953): Stratigrafická studie o hraničních vrstvách mezi silurem a devonem ve středních Čechách.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 20, 277-380. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1955): Stratigrafická studie o nejstarších devonských vrstvách Barrandienu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 2, 21 (1954), 91-224. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol., 23 (1956), 369-485. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1993): Geology of the Barrandian.- Senckenberg - Buch, 69, 1-163. Frankfurt am Main.
- Kříž, J. (1992): Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. 111 p., National Museum of Wales, Geol. Ser. 13. Cardiff.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 04.11.1993, Jiří Kříž, 04.11.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 12.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 217 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/217.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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