General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Ryžovna
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0143, 01433
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 4095

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Complex of rocky outcrops formed mainly of phyllites with sericite a chlorite. The are tectonically deformed because of affects of orogenic movements between the Devonian and Carboniferous. Rock folding is ubiquitous. Moreover, Quaternary frost weathering has been responsible for origin of rock window and chimney rock. The locality belongs to the Nature Park "Zlatý kopec - the Golden Hill".
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: rock pillar, natural window
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), frost weathering, weathering
Rock: phyllite

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: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vajskebrová Markéta, 05.09.17
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 04.03.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4095 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-20]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4095.

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