General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Prachatice
Cadastre: Onšovice u Čkyně
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2234, 22341
Geological region: Šumava Moldanubicum - districts ST, PT, CK, CB, PI
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3954

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Moldanubicum, metamorphic units, Šumava Mts. Outcrops on three minor elevations exposing crystalline limestones with interlayers of graphitic metaquartzite. These rocks form part of a Moldanubian Variable Group. Nature monument protecting both rocks and rich interesting flora.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum až proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, botany, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: marble, dolomite, qurtzite

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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Albrecht J. a kol. (2003): Českobudějovicko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek VIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.325 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 20.11.09
Updated by: Seifert Antonín 16.09.10, Gürtlerová Pavla 05.04.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3954 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3954.

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