Vidoule
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Košíře, Motol, Jinonice
Map sheets:
12-24 Praha, 12-243 Praha sever
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
quarry
ID:
948
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Classical section through the sandstones of the Peruc and Korycany formation (Cretaceous, Cenomanian). Reference locality for the solution of a problem of a boundary between fresh-water and marine Cretaceous sediments. Also interesting botanical locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Cretaceous of the Bohemian Massif > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin > Bohemian Cretaceous Basin - Vltava - Berounka development
Stratigraphy:
Cenomanian
Subject:
paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, botany, sedimentology, lithology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
table mountain, outcrop
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
opuka (aranaceous marlstone), marlstone, marl, sandstone, claystone
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 1107 (Vidoule)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal, vegetation
References
- Králík, F. et al. (1984): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000, list 12-243 Praha - sever. Ústř. úst. geol. 131 str. Praha.
- Chlupáč I. (1999): Vycházky za geologickou minulostí Prahy a okolí. Academia Praha. 279 str., ISBN 80-200-0680-X.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Přemysl Zelenka, 10.01.1993
Updated by:
Steinová Marika, 18.09.2009, Steinová Marika, 23.11.2009, Vajskebrová Markéta, 05.03.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 948 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/948.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
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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