General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Žďár nad Sázavou
Cadastre: Česká Cikánka
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1433, 14333
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1039

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Set of frost cliffs in a coarse-grained two-mica migmatite. K-feldspar phenocrysts and deformational textures. Interesting weathering phenomena. Petrologically and geomophologically important.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Svratka crystalline complex, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum, kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, archeology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, frost cliff, landslide, scree field, castellated ridge, rock schelter, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering, gravitational
Rock: metagranite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument 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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Žďárské vrchy
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts, tourism

References

Čtverák, Lutovský, Slabina, Smejtek(2006): Encyklopedie hradišť v Čechách; Hanžl, P., a kol. (v tisku): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000 14-333 Svratka. Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Melichar Rostislav, 29.11.93
Updated by: Buriánková Krystina 20.06.07, Buriánková Krystina 27.06.07, Gürtlerová Pavla 06.01.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1039 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1039.

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