U Závisti
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Zbraslav
Map sheets:
12-42 Zbraslav, 12-421 Praha jih
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
246
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Road cut 400 m long with a section of the Letná Formation (Ordovician, Beroun series). Subgreywackes and quartzose sandstones alternate with siltstones and clayey sandstones. Sandstones are strongly bioturbated. Giant ankeritic concretions appear in several places. Tilting and crushing of strata near to the Závist overthrust.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
horizontal section, concretion , bed, fossils fauna
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
slate, schist, siltstone, sandstone, greywacke
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 1108 (U závisti)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
vegetation
References
- Havlíček, V. (1992): Ordovik, 59-116. In Chlupáč, I. (ed.): Paleozoikum Barrandienu (kambrium - devon). - Čes. geol. Úst., 1-292. Praha.
- Havlíček, V. a Vaněk, J. (1966): The biostratigraphy of the Ordovician of Bohemia. - Sbor. geol. Věd, P - paleont., 8, 7-69. Praha.
- Kukal, Z. (1958): Petrografické výzkumy letenských vrstev Barrandienského ordoviku. - Sbor. Ústř. Úst. geol., 26, 7-111. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Kříž, 11.10.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 17.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 246 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/246.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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