General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Liberec
Cadastre: Srbská
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0312, 03122
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 1657

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Massive rock wall made of thick quartz vein exposed by erosion. This rock wall is 200 m long, 22 m high and 20 m thick. It was formed as a hydrothermal filling of tectonic fracture in the Jizuera Orthogneiss. This orthogneiss belongs regionally to the Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline. Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: structural geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rockwall, vein
Genesis: tectonic
Rock: orthogneiss, quartz vein

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: without conflicts

References

Mackovčin P., Sedláček M. a Kuncová J. (2002): Chráněná území ČR - Liberecko, Svazek III. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Lorencová Markéta, 23.11.07
Updated by: Mrázová Štěpánka 20.10.09, Mrázová Štěpánka 20.10.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 03.11.16

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1657 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1657.

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