General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Strakonice
Cadastre: Radomyšl (osada Malá Turná)
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2232, 22322
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Technical object: guarry
ID : 1193

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Karst cavern in a crystalline limestone. It occurs in abandoned limestone quarry. Crystalline limestones are associated with migmatitized biotitic paragneisses. The cave is without speleothemes but contains interesting erosional features.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, mining and mining impacts
Geological phenomenon: karst, karst cave, pothole
Genesis: sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: marble, dolomite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Chábera S.(1982): Geologické zajímavosti jižních Čech.- Jihočeská vlastivěda, přírodní vědy, Jihočeské nakladatelství České Budějovice. Chábera S. (1954): Krasová jeskyně u Radomyšle severovýchodně od Strakonic.- Čs. kras 7, s.38-43, Brno.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plíšek Antonín, 08.07.01

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1193 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-28]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1193.

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