General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Jindřichův Hradec
Cadastre: Lodhéřov
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2331, 23314
Geological region: Bohemian Moldanubicum
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 3352

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubicum, Central Massif, Melechov Massif. Forested hill with rocky outcrops and numerous traces of frost weathering. Frost cliffs are abundant. The bedrock consists of white greyish fine-up to medium grained muscovite-biotite granite of so called Deštná type. Main rock forming minerals: Potassium feldspar, plagioclase, quartz, muscovite and lesser amount of chloritized biotite and turmalin.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: block field, frost cliff
Genesis: frost weathering
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: without conflicts

References

Dudík-Schulmannová B. a kol. (2011): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000, list 23-314 Deštná. ČGS, Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: DudíkSchulmannová Barbora, 29.10.11
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 10.11.17, Kukal Zdeněk 10.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3352 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3352.

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