General Characteristics

County (administration): Vysočina Region
District (town): Žďár nad Sázavou
Cadastre: Studnice u Rokytna
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2411, 24113
Geological region: Oheb, Svratka and Polička crystalline complex; Železné hory Mts. Proterozoic; Hlinsko Zone; Železné hory Mts. Pluton; Chrudim Palaeozoic
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 790

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Rocky cliff made of leucocratic two-mica banded migmatite. Surrounded by a felsenmeer (blocky scree). Pseudokarst fissure caves also occur. Frost weathering phenomena also present. Important geomorphological locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Svratka crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: frost cliff, pseudocrast cave, block field, honeycombs, rock bag, rock pillar, deformation fabrics
Genesis: frost weathering, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: migmatite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument 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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Žďárské vrchy
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Hanžl, P., red. (2008): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 24-113 Nové Město na Moravě. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.; Vávra, V., Štelcl, J. a Malý, K. (2008): Průvodce po geologických zajímavostech Kraje Vysočina, Muzeum Vysočiny Jihlava, 145 stran, ISBN 978-80-86382-12-8.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Melichar Rostislav, 29.11.93
Updated by: Hrdličková Kristýna 14.10.08, Gürtlerová Pavla 26.01.09, Rambousek Petr 24.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 790 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/790.

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