Požáry
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Řeporyje
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
221
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Complex of quarries with significant section of the Silurian and Lower Devonian sediments. Kopanina, Požáry and Lochkov formations are exposed. Stratotype of the Přídolian stage.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, lithology, sedimentology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
bed, fossils fauna, lithological boundary, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
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 742 (Požáry)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
collection, vegetation
References
- 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. et al. (1986): Field conference Barrandian - Moravian Karst.- Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy - Excursion Guidebook, Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-62. Praha.
- Kodym, O. (1919): Tektonická studie v údolí Prokopském a jeho okolí u Prahy.- Rozpr. Čes. Akad. Věd Umění, Tř. II, 27 (6), 1-19. Praha.
- Kříž, J. (1992): Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. 111 p., National Museum of Wales, Geol. Ser. 13. Cardiff.
- Kříž, J. et al. (1983): The Přídolí Series as the fourth series of the Silurian System. A supplementary submission to the Subcommission on Silurian Stratigraphy. I.U.G.S., 1-59. Dublin.
- Kříž J., Jaeger H., Paris F. a Schönlaub H.-P. (1986): Přídolí - the Fourth Subdivision of the Silurian. - Jb. Geol. Bundesanst., 129 (2), 291-360. Wien.
- Kříž, J. a Lukeš P. (1974): Color patterns on Silurian Platyceras and Devonian Merista from the Barrandian area, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. - J. Paleont., 48 (1), 41-48. Tulsa
- Vacek, F., Slavík, L., Sobień, K. et al.(2018): Refining the late Silurian sea-level history of the Prague Syncline — a case study based on the Přídolí GSSP (Czech Republic). - Facies 64, 30 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-018-0542-
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 04.10.1993, Jiří Kříž, 04.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 12.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 221 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/221.
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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