Kalvárie v Motole
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Řepy, Motol
Map sheets:
12-23 Kladno,12-24 Praha, 12-234 Hostivice,12-243 Praha sever
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
945
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops in the road cut. Calcareous shales of the lower parts of the Motol Formaions occur. Also basalt intrusion can be seen which causes contact metamorphosis of adjacent shales. They contain well preserved graptolite fauna.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, lithology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, dyke, intrusion, bed, outcrop, stratotype
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
slate, schist
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 753 (Kalvarie v Motole)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability, vegetation
References
- Barrande, J. (1870): Défense des colonies IV. 1. Description de la Colonie d°Archiac. 2. Paix aux Colonies. - Déclarations de M. M. Krejčí et Lipold. 3. Caractéres généraux des Colonies, dans le basin silurien de la Boheme. 1 - 186. Prague, Paris. Pouba, Z. (1949): Geologický vývoj motolského údolí. - Sbor. St. geol. Úst. Čs. Republ., 16, 799-843. Praha. Králík, F. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-243, Praha - sever. Ústř. Úst. geol. 131 p. Praha. Marr, J. E. (1880): On the Predevonian Rocks of Bohemia. - Quart. J. Geol. Soc., pp. 591 - 619. London. Valečka, J. et al. (1983): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000, 12-234 Hostivice, Ústř. Úst. geol., 1-84. Praha. ompletní seznam viz literatury Králík (1984).
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Kříž, 11.11.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 18.09.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 945 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/945.
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
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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