General Characteristics

County (administration): Olomouc Region
District (town): Jeseník
Cadastre: Velká Kraš
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1422, 14221
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 810

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrop in a central part of the Žulová Massif. Typical example of the spherical disintegration of this granite. Geomorphologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of denudation areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon, kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, geology
Geological phenomenon: weather pit, tafoni, pothole
Genesis: weathering , glacigenic (glacier activity)
Rock: granodiorite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature monument
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)
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

Gába, Z. (1978): Skalní mísy na Žulovsku. - Vlastivědný ústav Šumperk. Jüttner, K. (1926): Die Schalensteine und Venusnappla des Friedberger Granitstockes. - Zeitschr. schles. Landes, Jahr. 1925/26. Troppau. Šafář J a kol.(2003): Olomoucko. In: Mackovčin P., Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek VI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jedlička Jaromír, 02.11.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 15.11.07, Pecina Vratislav 18.11.08, Pecina Vratislav 01.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 810 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/810.

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