General Characteristics

County (administration): Moravia-Silesian Region
District (town): Bruntál
Cadastre: Železná pod Pradědem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1513, 15131
Geological region: Silesicum and Žulová massif
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 864

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrops and surrounding talus. Paleontological locality in the Drakov Quartzite (Lower Devonian). Reference locality for the Lower Devonian stratigraphy of the Vrbno Group.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moravosilesian region - Silezicum
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - devon
Subject: paleontology, stratigraphy, geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: block field, scree, outcrop, fossils fauna, stratotype
Genesis: weathering
Rock: qurtzite

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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests: ground instability

References

Chlupáč, I. (1989): Fossil communities in the metamorphic Lower Devonian of the Hrubý Jeseník Mts., Czechoslovakia. - N. Jb. Geol. Palaont., Abh., 177, 3, 367-392. 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: Chlupáč Ivo, 29.06.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 19.11.07, Pecina Vratislav 02.06.11, Vajskebrová Markéta 15.08.19

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 864 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-01]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/864.

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