General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Šumperk
Cadastre: Raškov Ves
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1423,1441, 14234,14412
Geological region: Orlice-Sněžník, Nové Město and Staré Město crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 1937

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Protected area. Rocky outcrop with frost cliffs. Serpentinite body, strongly alternated, with relic textures. This rock contains mainly olivine with rhombic and monoclinic pyroxene. Olivine is intensively serpentinized. This locality is registered as a Nature Reserve.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Orlice-Sněžník crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum až proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, geomorphology, botany, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, mineral
Genesis: weathering , tectonic
Rock: serpentinite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: 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: without conflicts

References

Pecina Vr., 2000: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 14412 Šumperk.- Český geologický ústav Praha. Šafář J. a kol.(2003): Olomoucko. In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek VI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pecina Vratislav, 19.02.04
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 19.11.07, Gürtlerová Pavla 19.11.07, Pecina Vratislav 02.06.11, Kukal Zdeněk 11.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1937 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1937.

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