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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