Pod Žvahovem
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Hlubočepy
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
227
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Railway cut and adjacent outcrops expose and anticlinal structure in the Zlíchov Formation and overlying Daleje Shales. Serving as a reference section for this boundary(Zlíchovian/Dalejan).
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, structural geology, geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, fossils-flora, bed, outcrop, fold
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
slate, schist, limestone
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 327 (Pod Žvahovem)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Barrande, J. (1865): Défense des colonies. III. Étude générale sur nos étages G - H avec application spéciale aux environs de Hlubočep, prés Prague. 1-367. Prague.
- Bouček, B. (1941): Geologické výlety do okolí pražského. - Melantrich, 202 p. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol., 23 (1956), 369-485. 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. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol., 23 (1956), 369-485. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1983): Stratigraphical position of Barrande''s paleontological localities in the Devonian of Central Bohemia. - Čas. Min. Geol., 23 (3), 261-275. 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, 15.04.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 23.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 227 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/227.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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