Opatřilka - Červený lom
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Hlubočepy, Jinonice
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
222
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops and old quarries. Upper part of the Přídolí Formation (Silurian, Přídolí) is exposed as well as overlying Lochkov Formation and complete sequence of the Pragian. Extremely important paleontologically, stratigraphically and sedimentologically.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology, paleontology, geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, bed, outcrop, fault
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone, slate, schist
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 661 (Prokopské údolí)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
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. (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.
- Chlupáč, I., Jaeger, H. a Zikmundová, J. (1972): The Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Barrandian.- Bull. Canad. Petrol. Geol., 20 (1), 104-174. Calgary.
- Chlupáč, I. et al. (1986): Field conference Barrandian - Moravian Karst.- Subcommission on Devonian Stratigraphy - Excursion Guidebook, Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-62. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 04.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 16.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 222 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/222.
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
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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