Chuchelský háj
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Velká Chuchle, Malá Chuchle
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
234
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops with almost whole sequence of the Lochkov Formaion with characteristic fauna. Distinct dolomite bank on the base. Significant brachysynclinal structure with an international stratotype of the Lochkovian/Pragian boundary.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
paleontology, sedimentology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, outcrop
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
slate, schist, limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature reserve
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 746 (Chuchelské háje)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
others human activity, ground instability, 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.
- Kovanda, J. (1971): Kvartérní vápence Československa.- Sbor. geol. Věd, Antropozoikum, A, 7, 7-236. Praha.
- 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:
Jiří Kříž, 10.11.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 18.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 234 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/234.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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