Radotínské skály (severní část)
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Radotín, Lochkov
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
243
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Rocky slope with old quarries. Continuous section from the upper parts oof the Přídolí Fomation through the Silurian/Deovonian boundary beds up to the lower parts of the Praha Formation (Dvorce-Prokop Limestone facies). Significant paleontological localities.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, geology, sedimentology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, cliff
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
slate, schist, quartzite, 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 1105 (Radotínské skály)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
industry
References
- Bouček, B. (1941): Geologické výlety do okolí pražského. - Melantrich, 202 p. Praha.
- Horný, R. (1955): Předběžná zpráva o výzkumu vrstev budňanských ve východní části Barrandienu. - Věst. Ústř. Úst. geol., 30, 127-136. Praha.
- 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., Jaeger, H. a Zikmundová, J. (1972): The Silurian-Devonian boundary in the Barrandian.- Bull. Canad. Petrol. Geol., 20 (1), 104-174. Calgary.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 04.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 17.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 243 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/243.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
extraordinary
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:
acceptable
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