General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Praha-východ
Cadastre: Třebohostice u Škvorce
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1331, 13311
Geological region: Central Bohemian Pluton and Roof Pendants of the Central Bohemian Pluton
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 2779

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubian magmatites. Abandoned flooded quarry. Porphyric biotite granites of the Central Bohemian Plutonic Complex occur there. They are cut by pegmatite veins. Waters serve as amphibian refuge.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geology, botany, zoology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: dyke
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite, pegmatite

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

Ložek V., Kubíková J., Spryňar 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, Praha str.518

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 25.05.07
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 12.10.10, Kukal Zdeněk 04.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2779 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2779.

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