General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Prachatice
Cadastre: Arnoštov u Českého Krumlova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3212, 32124
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3479

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubicum, Šumava Mts. Small quarry and outcrop in road cut, exposing migmatized and recrystallized biotite granulite. Alternation of bands consisting of biotite and quartz. Younger metamorphic structure S2 can be observed on this locality. This granulite is a part of the Křišťanov granulite body.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: neznámé stáří
Subject: petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: granulite

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: warfare, forestry

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: 3479 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3479.

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