General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Lhota u Lysic
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2414, 24141
Geological region: Letovice, Krhovice, Nectava and Svinov-Vranová crystalline complexes; Moravicum; crystalline complex of Miroslav horst; Brunovistulicum
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 3000

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moravicum, Proterozoic. Orthogneiss tor of the Bíteš Group, called Žižkův stůl (the Žižka Desk). Orthogneiss is porphyroblastic, muscovite and muscovite-sericite. Isolated tor has been modelled by cryogenic processes. Adjacent slopes are covered by blocky scree. Nearby frost cliff 8 m high, and pseudokarst caves are also present. Nature Monument, protecting periglacial relief and vegetation with elm.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, quaternary geology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, fold, deformation fabrics
Genesis: frost weathering, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: orthogneiss

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, forestry

References

Mackovčin P., Jatiová M., Demek J., Slavík P. a kol. (2007): Brněnsko. In: Mackovčin P.(ed): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek IX. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.185 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 16.12.09
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 18.10.12, Buriánek David 13.11.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3000 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3000.

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