General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Liberec
Cadastre: Kryštofovo Údolí
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0313, 03134
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 530

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned vegetated quarry. Thick carbonate sequence in the metamorphosed Paleozoic of the Ještěd Mts. Thick beds of crystalline limestones and dolomitic limestones of unknown age. Instructive section.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: sedimentology, paleontology, petrology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: bed, characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: dolomite, limestone

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
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Mrázová Š. a kol. (2019): ResiBil – Bilance vodních zdrojů ve východní části česko-saského pohraničí a hodnocení možnosti jejich dlouhodobého užívání, ČGS, Praha; Gallwitz /1930/ Chaloupský /1966/ Krutský /1979/

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, 21.04.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 01.12.08, Mrázová Štěpánka 21.10.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 01.09.10, Tomanová Petrová Pavla 19.07.18, Vajskebrová Markéta 14.04.20

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 530 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/530.

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