Barrandovské skály
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Hlubočepy, Malá Chuchle
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
229
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops, road cut and old quarries showing the Silurian/Devonian boundary interval. Banks of bioclastic limestone on the base of the Lochkov Formation. Extremely valuable example of a differential folding of platy limestones. The memorial desk commemorating Joachim Barrande is placed on the rock. One of the most frequented geological localities in the whole world.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, structural geology, paleontology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, fold, horizontal section, rock, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone, chert, hornfels
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 752 (Barrandovské skály)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
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.
- Krejčí, J. (1860): Mittheilungen über die Resultate der geologischen Aufnahmen in den Umgebungen von Prag und Beraun durch die k. k. geologische Reichsamstalt. Sitz.-Ber. Kön. Böhm. Gesell. Wiss. 2, 5-7. Wien.
- Galle, A. - Hladil, J. et al. (1991): Lower Paleozoic corals of Bohemia and Moravia. - VI. Intern. Sympos. Fossil Cnidaria, Münster 1991, Excursion B3. Münster.
- Hanuš, F. (1927): Pravý poklad pozůstatků devonské zvířeny u Prahy. - Čas. nár. Mus. 1927. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1957): Faciální vývoj a biostratigrafie středočeského spodního devonu. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd.geol., 23 (1956), 369-485. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1988): Devon. in: Cháb J.: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000 12-421, Praha-jih, Ústř. Úst. geol., 34-44. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1993): Geology of the Barrandian.- Senckenberg - Buch, 69, 1-163. Frankfurt am Main.
- Chlupáč, I., Kříž, J. a Schönlaub, H. P. (1980): Field Trip E: Silurian and Devonian Conodont Localities of the Barrandan.- Abh. Geol. B.-A., 35, 147-180. Wien.
- 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, 14.04.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 12.11.2008
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 229 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/229.
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, geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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