General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Svitavy
Cadastre: Pustá Rybná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1433, 14333
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 2939

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Quaternary of the Bohemian Massif, Žďárské vrchy Hills. Peat bog of transitional character, 6 ha large. According to the radiometric dating its age is 820 plus minus 50 years. Palynological studies offered detailed image of vegetation and depositional environment.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: peat bog
Genesis: sedimentary, organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: peat

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Žďárské vrchy
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Hanžl, P., red. (2008): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 14-333 Svratka. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 13.11.08
Updated by: Hanžl Pavel 13.01.08, Kukal Zdeněk 10.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2939 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2939.

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