General Characteristics
County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Blansko
Cadastre: Osiky
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: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3162
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Moravicum, Proterozoic, Nature Reserve. A ridge with isolated rocky outcrops exposing porphyroblastic muscovite and muscovite-sericite orthogneiss of the Bíteš Group of the Svratka Dome. Traces of intensive Pleistocene frost weathering, frost cliffs and cryoplanational terraces are present together with block fields. Protected areas classified as the Nature Reserve. Extremely interesting geomorphological phenomena.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: rock, rock bag, frost cliff, selective erosion, castellated rocks, mushroom rock, pseudocrast cave
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), weathering , frost weathering
Rock: orthogneiss
Territorial conservation
Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts
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.140 Praha. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 29.03.10
Updated by: Jirková Pavlína 20.04.10, Gürtlerová Pavla 18.10.12, Buriánek David 13.11.12 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3162 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3162. Location in map:
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