General Characteristics

County (administration): Pardubice Region
District (town): Chrudim
Cadastre: Vojtěchov u Hlinska
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1344, 13444
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3413

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Geological escarp with steep rocky slopes. The section consists of rhythmically alternating metagreywackes, metasiltstone and phyllitic schists. Described alternation reminds typical flysch development. Stratigraphically these rocks belong to the Hlinsko-rychmurk Beds and is probably of the Ordovician age.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Bohemicum (Central Bohemian region) - Hlinsko Proterozoicum and Palaeozoicum (Hlinsko Zone)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - ordovik
Subject: paleontology, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: horizontal section
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock: greywacke, siltstone

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
Part of the Geopark: Železné hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Mrázová Š. et al. (2008): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 13 - 444 Hlinsko. Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 15.02.12
Updated by: Vajskebrová Markéta 28.11.17, Kukal Zdeněk 01.03.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3413 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3413.

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