General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Prachatice
Cadastre: Uhlíkov u Českého Krumlova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3212, 32124
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 3478

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubicum, Šumava Mts, Frost cliff exposing porphyric melanocratic hornblende-biotite granite up to syenite (durbachite). Great amount of mafic enclaves lying discordantly to magmatic foliation. Potassium feldspar and plagioclase phenocrysts are as large as 5 cm. Also quartz, hornblende and biotite are present. Example of brittle tectonics.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: petrology
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: durbachite

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: warfare

References

Soejono I. et al. (2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 list 32-124 Volary.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Soejono Igor, 08.03.12
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 11.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3478 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3478.

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