General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Český Krumlov
Cadastre: Vyšší Brod, Loučovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3241, 32412
Geological region: Moldanubian Pluton - Central Massif; Melechov Massif
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1126

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocks in a Vltava River valley. The cliff exposes fine-grained muscovite-biotite granite (Eisgarn type) which is tectonically separated fom a muscovite-biotite paragneiss. Also interesting forms of macro- and mesorelief.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin, kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, quaternary geology, botany, geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: block field, river channel, pothole, rock, cliff, scree
Genesis: magmatic, gravitational, aquatic (water activity)
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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: tourism

References

Slabý J. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 list Vyšší Brod. - Český geologický ústav Praha. Chábera S. (l982): Geologické zajímavostí jižních Čech.- Jihočeská vlastivěda, s.75-76, Jihočeské nakladatelství České Budějovice

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vrána Stanislav, Plíšek Antonín, 04.12.00
Updated by: Vrána Stanislav 12.11.08, Gürtlerová Pavla 13.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1126 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1126.

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