General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Jablonec nad Nisou
Cadastre: Železný Brod
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0332, 03324
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 4106

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Long and geomorphologicallly modified rockwall. Various morphological features occur, such as pillars, rugged ridges, needles, etc. Frost weathering has played important role in modelling. Metaquartzites are most abundant being associated with variable metamorphic rocks of the Devonian age. Blockfields are abundant along foot of outcrops. The locality is situated in the Geopark "Český ráj - the Bohemian Paradise".
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon: rockwall, rock pillar, mushroom rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: quartzite

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
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: waste disposal

References

Vítek Jan (1989): Skalní zeď Kozinec u Železného Brodu, čas. Památky a příroda, roč. 14, č. 10, 618-619.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Vajskebrová Markéta, 21.11.17
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 04.03.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4106 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-06]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4106.

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