Trkal
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
Jindřichův Hradec
Village:
Kunžak
Cadastre:
Kunžak
Map sheets:
23-34 Jindřichův Hradec, 23-342 Studená
ID:
1190
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Balancing rock formed of a porphyritic granite of Zvůle type. This granite is a part of a Central Moldanubian pluton. Several types of weathering and granite erosion were described in the literature. Petrologically and geomorphologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
geomorphology, geology, petrology
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Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
tourism
References
- Scharbert S., Breiter K. (1999): Geochronologie a geologie granitu Zvůle.- Zprávy o geologických vázkumech v roce 1999, str. 160-161, ČGÚ Praha. Chábera S. (1955): Žulové balvany v okolí Kunžaku v jižních Čechách. -Vesmír 34, str. 283, Praha. Chábera S.(1982): Geologické zajímavosti jižních Čech. -Jihočeská vlastivěda, přírodní vědy, str. 34-36, Jihočeské nakladelství České Budějovice.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jaroslava Pertoldová, 18.01.2002, Antonín Plíšek, 18.01.2002
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1190 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1190.
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