General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Chomutov
Cadastre: Vysoká Jedle
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0144, 01444
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 3113

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: The Krušné hory (Erzgebirge) Mts. Crystalline. Frost escarpments with outcrops of medium grained muscovite-biotite orthogneiss, tectonically deformed. It consists of quartz, potassium feldspar, plagioclase, muscovite and biotite plus accessories.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: lithology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering
Rock: orthogneiss

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Mlčoch B. red. (v tisku): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 11-444 Klášterec nad Ohří. Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 06.02.09
Updated by: Mlčoch Bedřich 08.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3113 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3113.

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