Králky

General Characteristics

County (administration): Zlínský kraj
District (town): Zlín
Village: Lukov
Cadastre: Lukov u Zlína
Map sheets: 25-32 Zlín, 25-321 Fryšták
Accessibility: passable footpath
ID: 1645


Geology

Short characteristics of the site: West Carpathians, Lukov beds of the Račany unit. Castellated rocks consisting of sandstones and conglomerates of the Lukov beds of the Maghura Flysch (Paleocene). Sandstones are represented by subarkoses and subgreywackes, conglomerates can be classified as petromictic. Coarse grained blocky and bouldery conglomerate also occurs with clasts as large as 50 cm across. Rocky relief originated mainly by frost weathering, highest cliff is 10 m high. This locality is protected as a Nature Monument.
Regional geologic unit: Carpathians > Flysch belt > Magura group of nappes > Rača Unit
Stratigraphy: Paleocene
Subject: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rock
Genesis: sedimentary, frost weathering, anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: sandstone, conglomerate


Territorial protection

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, code 1428 (Králky)
Conflicts of interests: tourism


References
  • Mackovčin P., Jatiová M.a kol. (2002):Zlínsko. In: Mackovčin P.a Sedláček M.(eds): Chráněná území ČR, Svazek II., Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno,str.220 Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Pavlína Jirková, 14.04.2010
Updated by: Krejčí Oldřich, 19.10.2012


Citation

The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1645 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/1645.


Location in map:

Assessment

Scientifical assesment: medium
Educational assesment: middle
Significance: supraregional
Representativeness: middle
Geological importance: geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions: no problems

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