General Characteristics

County (administration): Hradec Králové Region
District (town): Trutnov
Cadastre: Malé Svatoňovice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0433, 04331
Geological region: Permo-Carboniferous of the Krkonoše-piedmont and Lower Silesian basins
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 295

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: 300 m long rocky outcrops (frost-riven cliffs) about 10 m high on the rocky ridge with c. 739 m.: Coarse grained arkose with pebbly admixture and layers of coarse grained conglomerates. The most common rocks forming pebbles are quart, quartzite and lydite.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Upper Carboniferous and Permian - Lugic Late Palaeozoicum (including Triassic deposits)
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum - karbon
Subject: stratigraphy, sedimentology, geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: block field, frost cliff, selective erosion, rock, rock bag, bedding
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: arkose, conglomerate

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) - Broumovsko
Part of the Geopark: Broumovsko
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

Tásler R. et al. (1963): Závěrečná zpráva o základním geol.výzkumu jz. křídla vnitrosudetské pánve.-MS Archív ČGÚ. Praha.; Tásler R. et al.(1979): Geologie české části vnitrosudetské pánve.-Ustř.úst.geol.Praha.; Valín F.(1962a): K petrografii odolovského souvrství žacléřsko-svatoňovické pánve (stefan).-Věst.Ústř.Úst.geol.,37,6.Praha.; Valín F.(1962b): Litologie souvrství žaltmanských arkóz.-Věst.Ústř.Úst.geol.27.Praha.; List Poříčí 620-1000 (Křovákova projekce) s dokumentací.-MS Geofond.Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Tásler Radko, 31.12.94
Updated by: Šimůnek Zbyněk 30.09.09, Prouza Vladimír 07.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 295 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-07]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/295.

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