U branického pivovaru
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Hodkovičky
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
233
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
This quarry exposes lower parts of the Motol Formation. Within a sequence of black graptolitic shales the sill of the essexite basalt occurs. Adjacent shales are contactly metamorphosed. Occurrence of interesting phenomena, so called false mud cracks.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
paleontology, geology, stratigraphy, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, dyke, bed, outcrop, characteristic rock
Genesis:
sedimentary, magmatic
Rock:
basalt, slate, schist
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 1101 (U branického pivovaru)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Bouček, B. (1951): Geologické vycházky do pražského okolí. - Přír. vydavatelství, 242 p. Praha.
- Bouček, B. (1953): Biostratigrafie, vývoj a korelace želkovických a motolských vrstev českého siluru. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. paleont., 20, 421-484. Praha.
- Kříž, J. (1985): Silurian Slavidae (Bivalvia). - Sbor. geol. Věd, Paleont., 27, 47-111. Praha.
- Kříž, J. (1992): Silurian field excursions: Prague Basin (Barrandian), Bohemia. 111 p., National Museum of Wales, Geol. Ser. 13. Cardiff.
- Kříž, J. a Štěpánek, P. (1979): False mud cracks in the Lower Sillurian of Bohemia.- Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 54 (2), 115-118. Praha.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Kříž, 10.11.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 17.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 233 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/233.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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