General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Bruntál
Cadastre: Heřmanovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1424, 14242
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
ID : 827

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Series of rock cliffs formed of quartzites and phyllites of the Vrbno Group. They represent part of a tectonic block of Devonian rocs. Tectonically and petrologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: geomorphology, structural geology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: tor, frost cliff
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: qurtzite, phyllite, metagranitoid

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Hanžl, P. (1992): Deformace devonu a jeho podloží severně od Vrbna pod Pradědem v Hrubém Jeseníku. - Věst. Čes. Geol. úst., 67, 1, 61-73. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hanžl Pavel, 16.11.93
Updated by: Pecina Vratislav 03.06.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 827 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-02]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/827.

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