General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Ústí nad Orlicí
Cadastre: Jablonné n.O.
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1432, 14322
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1043

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Stream canyon with series of outcrops. On the canyon walls fine-grained, two-mica othogneiss crops out. Sedimentary cover consists of Tertiary sands and clays. Geomorphologically and petrologically interesting outcrop.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: orthogneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Neuvedena.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Opletal Mojmír, 25.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 27.01.03, Gürtlerová Pavla 24.08.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1043 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1043.

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