General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Tábor
Cadastre: Vlkov nad Lužnicí
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 2333, 23331
Geological region: Třeboň & České Budějovice basins
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 974

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Sand dune of Postglacial age. Relic of large cover of blown sands. Interesting vegetation. Geomorphologically and botanically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, botany, sedimentology
Geological phenomenon: sand dune
Genesis: aeolian (wind activity)
Rock: sand

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 Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Třeboňsko
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

Albrecht J. a kol. (2003): Českobudějovicko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek VIII. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, str.542, Praha; Chábera S.(1982):

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Lhotský Pavel, 10.11.94
Updated by: Poňavič Michal 13.07.10, Gürtlerová Pavla 13.04.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 974 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-16]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/974.

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