Klenov - neogenní sedimenty
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
Jindřichův Hradec
Village:
Pluhův Žďár
Cadastre:
Klenov
Map sheets:
23-31 Soběslav, 23-314 Deštná
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
sand pit
ID:
3346
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Tertiary relics in the Bohemian Massif. Sand and gravel pit, abandoned, exposing sands and gravels of Neogene age. Sands of greywacke composition, with quartz, feldspar and rock fragmnent clasts and great amnount of clay. Layers of gravel, distinct oblique bedding. Important locality showing sedimentary structures of Neogene clastics. Interesting imbrication of clasts.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Terrestric Tertiary relics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
sedimentology
Geological phenomenon:
bedding
Genesis:
sedimentary
Rock:
sand
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts, agriculture
References
- Dudík-Schulmannová B. a kol. (2011):Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000, list 23-314 Deštná. ČGS, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Barbora DudíkSchulmannová, 29.10.2011
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3346 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3346.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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