General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Strakonice
Cadastre: Katovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2232, 22321
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 466

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Large outcrop on the river bank exposing a biotitic and sillimanite-biotitic paragneiss with horizons of migmatized paragneiss. Petrologically interesting site. Also remarkable tectonic features, namely gentle folds and crenulation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: paragneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kočárek E./1961/: Ložiska grafitu na Strakonicku. -Sbor. Kraj. vlastivěd. muz. České Budějovice, přír.vědy, 35-49. České Budějovice. Vejlupek M.-Vejnar Z./1991/: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1:25 000, 22-321 Horažďovice. -Ústř. úst. geol. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vejlupek Miroslav, 13.11.93
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 18.04.05, Seifert Antonín 16.09.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 466 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/466.

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