General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Benešov
Cadastre: Louňovice pod Blaníkem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2311, 23112
Geological region: Bohemian Moldanubicum
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 509

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Summit area of a hill with natural outcrops and talus. Rocks consist of granitized two-mica orthogneisses up to metagranites. They represent old intrusives in paragneisses and migmatites of the Monotonous Group of the Bohemian Moldanubicum.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, rock, outcrop, block field
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), magmatic, glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock: orthogneiss, pegmatite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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 )
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Blaník
Part of the Geopark: Kraj blanických rytířů
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Čech V./1940/: Geologické poměry okolí Blaníku na Vlašimsku.-Věst.SGÚ 15,132-142.Praha., Pešout P. (2001): Čertovo kopyto na Blaníku. Pod Blaníkem., Bárta Z. (1996): Jezevčí díry na úpatí Velkého Blaníku. Několik poznámek k těžbě rud na Podblanicku. Sb. vlastivěd. prací na Podblanicku, 36, 253-256.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Štěpánek Petr, 14.11.94
Updated by: Štěpánek Petr 15.09.10, Štědrá Veronika 20.05.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 509 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/509.

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