General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Benešov
Cadastre: Louňovice pod Blaníkem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2311, 23112
Geological region: Bohemian Moldanubicum
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 510

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Hill summit with natural outcrops and talus. Rocks consist of granitized orthogneisses up to metagranites. They represent old intrusives in paragneisses and migmatites of the Monotonous Group of the Bohemian Moldanubicum.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon: scree field, frost cliff, outcrop
Genesis: gravitational, metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering
Rock: orthogneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Blaník
Part of the Geopark: Kraj blanických rytířů
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Čech V./1940/: Geologické poměry okolí Blaníku na Vlašimsku.- Věst.SGÚ 15,132-142.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Štěpánek Petr, 14.11.94
Updated by: Štěpánek Petr 08.09.10, Štědrá Veronika 20.05.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 510 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/510.

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