Hvížďalka
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Radotín
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
passable footpath
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
245
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Large quarry and road cut. Exposing section of the Silurian and Lower Devonian strata. Boundary intervals Ludlow/Přídolí/Lochkovian serve as a reference stratotype. Old Barrande´s collecting localities.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, lithology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
limestone
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Nature monument in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Český kras
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1111 (Hvížďalka)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability, open cast mining
References
- Horný, R. (1962): Das mittelböhmische Silur. - Geologie, 11, 873-916. Berlin.
- Kříž J., Jaeger H., Paris F. a Schönlaub H.-P. (1986): Přídolí - the Fourth Subdivision of the Silurian. - Jb. Geol. Bundesanst., 129 (2), 291-360. Wien.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Kříž, 11.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 18.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 245 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/245.
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)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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