General Characteristics

County (administration): South Moravia Region
District (town): Brno-venkov
Cadastre: Biskoupky na Moravě
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2433, 24334
Geological region: Strážek and Moravian Moldanubicum; Třebíč and Jihlava massifs
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 889

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Slope above a river bank with scattered outcrops. Natural outcrops of a serpentinite body within a granulite. Petrologically significant, also botanical locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: petrology, botany
Geological phenomenon: characteristic rock
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: serpentinite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: 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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Novák T., Žák L.(1948): Předběžná zpráva o výzkumech v hadcové oblasti hrubšické. Věst.St.Geol.úst.ČSR, 23, 152-155.Praha;;Kovář O. (2006): Puklinová minerální asociace serpentinitů z Biskoupek u Oslavan. – MS, bakalářská práce, PřF MU. Brno; Kovář O., Losos Z. (2005): Artinit z hadcového lomu u Biskoupek u Oslavan, západní Morava – nový minerál pro Českou republiku. Bull. mineral.-petrolog. Odd. Nár. Muz., 13, 137-139. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hanžl Pavel, 23.11.93
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 22.02.12, Buriánek David 31.10.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 889 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/889.

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