Skály v zoologické zahradě
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Hlavní město Praha
District (town):
Praha
Village:
Praha
Cadastre:
Troja
Map sheets:
12-24 Praha, 12-243 Praha sever
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
955
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Outcrops in Prague zoological garden. Barrandian Proterozoic of the Kralupy-Zbraslav Group is overlain by basal Ordovician (Tremadoc-Llanvirn). Significant example of the Ordovician transgression and angular unconformity between the two units.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Barrandien
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, structural geology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop, rock, fold, dyke, transgression, volcaniclastic deposits
Genesis:
sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
greywacke, siltstone, volcaniclastic deposits
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 5975 (Skály v zoologické zahradě)
Part of national geopark:
Barrandien
Conflicts of interests:
private property, ground instability
References
- Chlupáč, I. (1999): Vycházky za geologickou minulostí Prahy a okolí, Academia, Praha. 280s.
- Dudek A.-Fediuk F.(1955)
- Fediuk F.-Roehlich P.(1960)
- Roehlich P.(1960)
- Chlupáč I.(1988)
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Petr Budil, 13.09.1996, Jan Mašek, 13.09.1996
Updated by:
Vajskebrová Markéta, 29.11.2019
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 955 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/955.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-historical value, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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