General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): České Budějovice
Cadastre: Hojná Voda
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3313, 33133
Geological region: Moldanubian Pluton - Central Massif; Melechov Massif
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 3256

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubian magmatites, Central Massif, Nové Hrady Mts. Kuní Hora summit ridge with outcrops of medium grained porphyric granite of the Weinsberg type. Rock forming minerals: quartz, plagioclase, potassium feldspar, biotite. Interesting mesorelief forms, different types of granite weathering, common exfoliation phenomena, including castle koppies, frost scarps and kryoplanation terraces.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, geology
Geological phenomenon: block field, frost cliff, tor, castellated ridge, weather pit
Genesis: frost weathering, magmatic, gravitational
Rock: granite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

Demek, J. (1964): Formy zvětrávání a odnosu granodioritu v Novohradských horách. Spisy Geografického ústavu Československé akademie věd (9), Brno, s. 6 – 15.; Rypl, J., (2010): Distribution and protection of cryogenic relief mesoforms in the Novohradské hory Mountains, South Bohemia, Acta Geographica Silesiana 7, p. 61 – 67; RYPL, J., KADUBEC, J. (2007): Mesoforms of the relief in the northern part of the Novohradské Hory Mts. Silva Gabreta, vol. 13 (3), Vimperk, p. 259 – 268 ; SLABÝ, J. (1992): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1 : 25 000, list 33-133, Horní Stropnice, ČGÚ Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rypl Jiří, 02.08.10
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 08.10.12, Kukal Zdeněk 21.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3256 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3256.

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