General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Strakonice
Cadastre: Nišovice, Zechovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2234, 22342
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 2114

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Mldanubicum, metamorphic units, Šumava Mts. Summits and slopes of two elevations, also abandoned shelf quarry. Outcrops belong to the Moldanubian Variable Group and consist of migmatized cordierite-biotite paragneiss with massive interlayer of crystalline limestone body. Greater part of limestone horizon was exploited in a shelf quarry in the past. Nature monument protecting disseminated non-forest vegetation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, economic geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: paragneiss, marble, dolomite

Territorial conservation

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
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: exploitation, agriculture

References

Albrecht J. a kol. (2003): Českobudějovicko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek VIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.396 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 20.11.09
Updated by: Seifert Antonín 14.09.10, Kukal Zdeněk 17.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2114 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2114.

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