General Characteristics

County (administration): South Bohemia Region
District (town): Jindřichův Hradec
Cadastre: Rapšach
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 3311, 33114
Geological region: Třeboň & České Budějovice basins
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: sand pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 972

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Sand pit, partly recultivated. Gneiss rocks isolated by sand exploitation. Uncovered geomorfology of the original bedrock of Třeboň bassin. Also interesting xerophilic biotop.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Moldanubicum - Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary of deposition areas of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: proterozoikum, kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: geomorphology, sedimentology, botany, zoology, lithology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: lithological boundary, river terrace, fluvial terrace
Genesis: metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: orthogneiss, sand

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument 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) - Třeboňsko
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Malecha A. et al. (1977): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1:25 000 33-114 Suchdol nad Lužnicí. - ÚÚG Praha; VOTÝPKA J. (1999): Geologická a geomorfologická charakteristika zbytkové těžebny štěrkopísku na levém břehu toku Dračice v k.ú. Rapšach (těžebna Františkov) – Doporučení k ochraně. - Zpráva, In ms., dep. in Správa CHKO Třeboňsko, Třeboň, 14 pp.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Lhotský Pavel, 08.11.94
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 28.05.08, Hátle Miroslav 05.06.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 972 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/972.

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