Zmrzlík
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Slivenec, Radotín, Zadní Kopanina
Map sheets:
12-41 Beroun,12-42 Zbraslav, 12-412 Rudná,12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
219
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops and abandoned quarries. The occurrences of the Kopanina Formation are most important, consisting of calcareous and tiffitic claystones with rich graptolite and trilobite fauna. The sediments are accompanied by the body of amygdaloid basalt with volcaniclastics.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, petrology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, cliff, outcrop, bed, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary, volcanic
Rock:
clayey shale, limestone, tuffite, basalt
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 1125 (Zmrzlík)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal, vegetation
References
- Kříž, J. (1991): The Silurian of the Prague Basin (Bohemia) - tectonic, eustatic and volcanic controls on facies and faunal development, 179 - 203. In Bassett M.G., Lane P.D., Edwards D. (ed.) The Murchison Symposium: Proceedings of an international conference on the Silurian System. Spec. Pap. Palaeont., 44, 1-397. London.
- 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:
Jiří Kříž, 11.09.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 16.09.2009, Steinová Marika, 23.11.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 219 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/219.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
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:
no problems
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