General Characteristics
County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: České Lhotice, Licibořice, Nasavrky
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1344, 13441
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1632
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Železné hory Pluton (Nasavrky Massif). Nature Reserve in the Protected Landscape Area. Deeply cut canyon of the Chrudimka River and its tributaries. Rocks consist mainly of reddish granite with some porphyric and aplitic rocks with quartz veins. Interesting relief features, abundant frost cliffs, also products of selective weathering. Natural vegetation.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Magmatites in Bohemicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, frost cliff, scree, canyon
Genesis: magmatic, weathering , frost weathering
Rock: granite, aplite, porphyry
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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Železné hory
Part of the Geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: recreation
References
Faltysová H., Bárta F. a kol. Pardubicko (2002):In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IV. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.246 Praha.; Žežulková, V. edit. (1988):Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSR 1:25 000, list 13-441 Nasavrky. MS - archiv ČGS. Praha Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 04.11.09
Updated by: Rambousek Petr 25.09.12, DudíkSchulmannová Barbora 20.07.20 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1632 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1632. Location in map:
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