General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Liberec
Cadastre: Hejnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0314, 03142
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3571

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Krkonoše-Jizera Crystalline, Quaternary. Outcrop in a slope cut. Layer of sandy gravel 3-7 m thick of glacifluvial origin occurs there. It represents only an erosional relic, possibly small part of terrace deposits. This locality is situated in the Protected Landscape A|rea.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: moraine
Genesis: glacigenic (glacier activity), aquatic (water activity)
Rock: gravel, sand

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Jizerské hory
Conflicts of interests: vegetation

References

Mrázová Š. , Verner. K., red. (2012): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-142 Hejnice a 03-231 Jizerka. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.; Karpaš. R. a kol. (2009): Jizerské hory. O mapách,kamení a vodě. Nakladatelství RK, Liberec, 565 stran, ISBN: 978-80-87100-08-0.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Mrázová Štěpánka, 05.09.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3571 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3571.

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