Homolka - stratotyp
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Velká Chuchle
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
235
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Old quarry and surrounding outcrops of the Králův Dvůr Formation consisting of claystones. This formation is tectonically separated from the overlying sandstones of the Kosov Formation. Between the Ordovician and Silurian there occurs intrusive basalt of the Upper Wenlockian age.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, structural geology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, fossils fauna, cliff, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
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 741 (Homolka)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
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. (1953): Stratigrafická studie o hraničních vrstvách mezi silurem a devonem ve středních Čechách.- Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., odd. geol., 20, 277-380. Praha.
- Chlupáč, I. (1993): Geology of the Barrandian.- Senckenberg - Buch, 69, 1-163. Frankfurt am Main.
- Chlupáč, I., Lukeš, P., Paris, F. a Schönlaub, H. P. (1985): The Lochkovian-Pragian boundary in the Lower Devonian of the Barrandian Area (Czechoslovakia).- Jb. Geol. B.A., 128 (1), 9-41. Wien.
- Chlupáč, I. a Oliver, W. A. (1989): Decision on the Lochkovian-Pragian boundary stratotype (Lower Devonian). - Episodes, 12, 109-113.
- 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.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 13.04.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 18.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 235 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/235.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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