General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Znojmo
Cadastre: Tasovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3413, 34131
Geological region: Neogene of the Carpathian foredeep - southern and central part
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 3948

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Complex of rocks on slope overlooking the Dyje (Thaya) River channel. The rock is classified as a biotitic granodiorit. It contains quartz, plagioclase, mirocline and some accessories, as apartite and zircon. Plagioclase is kaolinized and often encloses quartz crystals. The locality is classified as Nature Monument. The rocks are of neoproterozoic age and belong to the Thaya Dome.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Moravicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum - neoproterozoikum (1000 - 542 Ma)
Subject: geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock, outcrop
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granitoid

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Batík, P. - Čtyroký, P. et al. (1990): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000, list 34-131 Šatov. ÚÚG Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tomanová Petrová Pavla, 14.09.16
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 26.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3948 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3948.

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