General Characteristics
County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Liberec
Cadastre: Horní Hanychov, Novina u Liberce, Světlá pod Ještědem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0313,0314, 03134,03143,03312
Geological region: Lužice Pluton and Krkonoše-Jizera Massif; Krkonoše-Jizera crystalline complex
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1665
Geology
Short characteristics of the site: Summit area of the Ještěd mountain with adjacent steep slopes. Large exposures of Paleozoic (probably Ordovician) quartzites. They are morphologically pronouced and form ridges, tectonically doubled. Also interesting erosional and weathering phenomena. Very instructive locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Lugicum - Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts.crystalline complex
Stratigraphy: paleozoikum
Subject: sedimentology, petrology, structural geology, geomorphology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: rock, scree, frost cliff, rockwall
Genesis: frost weathering, tectonic
Rock: qurtzite, phyllite
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: without conflicts
References
Klomínský J. a kolektiv autorů, 2002: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 03143 Liberec.- Český geologický ústav Praha.,Gallwitz /1930/ Chaloupský et al. /1989/.; Mackovčin P., Sedláček M. a Kuncová J. (2002): Chráněná území ČR - Liberecko, Svazek III. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha, 331 s.; Rubáš D., 2012: Krásy neživé přírody v Podještědí, Tiskové centrum ČGS, Praha, 82 s. Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by: Chlupáč Ivo, Klomínský Josef, Kachlík Václav, 01.09.05
Updated by: Lorencová Markéta 26.06.07, Mrázová Štěpánka 20.10.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 26.09.17 Citation
The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1665 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-04]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1665. Location in map:
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