General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Prachatice
Cadastre: Kvilda
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3211, 32112
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2138

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Series of small outcrops in a slope. Rocks are formed mainly of biotitic paragneiss. These metamorphic rocks are slightly migmatitized and thus with stromatitic structure. The locality is classified as Nature Monument and is situated in the National Park Šumava.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geology, geomorphology, botany
Geological phenomenon: rock, outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: paragneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in National park
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): NP (National park) - Šumava
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

Dudík Schulmannová, B. et al. (2007b): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1 : 25 000 32-112 Borová Lada. 80 s. MS Česká geologická služba Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Seifert Antonín, 13.09.10
Updated by: Seifert Antonín 14.09.10, Stanzelová Zuzana 26.01.11, Kukal Zdeněk 27.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2138 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-01]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2138.

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