U Nového mlýna
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Holyně, Hlubočepy
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
223
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Quarry exposing a sequence from the upper parts of the Třebotov Limestone up to the lower parts of the Choteč Limestone, i.e. boundary interval between the Lower and Middle Devonian (Dalejian-Eifelian). Approved as an international stratotype of this boundary. Paleontologically extremely important.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, lithological boundary, bed, outcrop, 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 745 (U Nového mlýna)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal, vegetation
References
- Bouček, B. (1964): The tentaculites of Bohemia. - Academia. Praha.
- Cháb, J. et al. (1988): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě 1:25 000, 12-421, 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. (1982b): The Bohemian Lower Devonian Stages. - Cour. Forsch. Inst. Senckenberg, 55, 345-400. Frankfurt am Main.
- Chlupáč, I. (1993): Geology of the Barrandian.- Senckenberg - Buch, 69, 1-163. Frankfurt am Main.
- Chlupáč, I., Lukeš, P. a Zikumndová, J. (1977): Barrandian 1977.- Field Conference of the International Subcommission od Devonian Stratigraphy. A Field trip Guidebook. 1-23. Ústř. Úst. geol. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I., Lukeš, P. a Zikmundová, J. (1979): The Lower/Middle Devonian boundary beds in the Barrandian area, Czechoslovakia. Geologica etz Palaeont., 13, 125-156. Marburg.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 04.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 12.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 223 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/223.
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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