General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Kutná Hora
Cadastre: Zbyslav
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1341, 13413
Geological region: Kutná Hora and Čáslav crystalline complexes
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 91

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Natural outcrop of paragneisses of the Kutná Hora Crystalline. Traces of Cretaceous marine abrasion and filling of depressions in the pre-Cretaceous relief. Conglomerates and bioclastic limestones occur. Boulders with calcareous cement are remarkable. Geologically important locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Kutná Hora and Svratka region - Kutná Hora crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum
Subject: geology, sedimentology, paleontology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop, unconformity, characteristic rock
Genesis: sedimentary, metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock: paragneiss, limestone, breccia

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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: others human activity, vegetation

References

Chráněná území ČR: Střední Čechy. AOPK.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pražák Jiří, 07.11.94
Updated by: Štědrá Veronika 23.09.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 91 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/91.

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