Branické skály
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Braník
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
232
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old quarries exposed a stratigraphic sequence from the Lower Silurian up to the Lower Devonian. The Dvorce-Prokop Limestone is formed of typical nodular limestones and its bedding planes are cut by some radial fractures. Rich paleontological material.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
sedimentology, paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, bed, cliff, outcrop, stratotype
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 2428 (Branické skály)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity, 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. (1983): Stratigraphical position of Barrande''s paleontological localities in the Devonian of Central Bohemia. - Čas. Min. Geol., 23 (3), 261-275. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1993): Geology of the Barrandian.- Senckenberg - Buch, 69, 1-163. Frankfurt am Main.
- Kříž, J. (1992): Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. 111 p., National Museum of Wales, Geol. Ser. 13. Cardiff
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 15.04.1993, Jiří Kříž, 15.04.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 23.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 232 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/232.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
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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