General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlín Region
District (town): Vsetín
Cadastre: Jarcová
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2514, 25144
Geological region: Fore-Magura, Rača (E from the Napajedla gateway), Bystrica & Bílé Karpaty units
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1643

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rock formation near Jarcova is brown, rusty weathered coarse-grained sandstone. Above it is the position of conglomerates. The contact is uneven, erosive. Conglomerate containing the poorly processed fragments of quartz and metamorphic rocks in coarse-grained sandstone matrix.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathian - Flysch belt - Magurian group of nappes
Stratigraphy: mezozoikum - křída - svrchní křída
Subject: geomorphology, geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon: rock pillar, selective erosion, honeycombs
Genesis: sedimentary, weathering
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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)
Conflicts of interests: recreation, sports

References

Krejčí O. et al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 list 25-144 Jablůnka.; Mackovčin P., Jatiová M. a kol. (2002): Zlínsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M. (eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek II. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.173 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 20.04.10
Updated by: Havlín Aleš 20.04.12, Krejčí Oldřich 18.10.12, Krejčí Oldřich 18.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1643 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1643.

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