General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Benešov
Cadastre: Krhanice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1244, 12444
Geological region: Central Bohemian Pluton and Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 2493

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubicum, magmatites. Outcrops and blocks in erosional gully exposing granite boulders and scree covered by interesting vegetation. Blocky scree on gully floor is up to several metres thick. Nature monument protecting mainly the European beech growth.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon: scree, gully
Genesis: weathering , aquatic (water activity)
Rock: granite

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 and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Knížetová L. - Pecina P. - Pivničková M., 1987: Prověrka maloplošných chráněných území a jejich návrhů ve středočeském kraji v letech 1982 - 1985. - Bohemia cent., č. 16, s. 29 - 30, Přírodov. fak. KU Praha.; Ložek V., Kubíková J., Špryňar P. a kol. (2005): Střední Čechy. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str. 137, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Knížetová Ludmila, 31.12.87
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 12.07.05, Gürtlerová Pavla 10.10.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2493 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2493.

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