Defilé u Nýrské přehrady
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Plzeňský kraj
District (town):
Klatovy
Village:
Dešenice
Cadastre:
Milence
Map sheets:
21-42 Nýrsko, 21-423 Stará Lhota
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
3497
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Moldanubicum, Šumava Mts. Series of outcrops in a road cut. Two-mica schists up to gneisses represent most abundant rock types. They are characterised by metamorphic banding and foliation. Locally relic metamorpphic textures as isoclinal folds as well as steep cleavage formed during Late Variscan stage ooccur.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Metamorphic units in Moldanubicum > Moldanubicum of Šumava and South Bohemia
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic - Paleozoic
Subject:
petrology, structural geology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon:
deformation fabrics
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
gneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Šumava
Conflicts of interests:
ground instability
References
- Babůrek, J.(ed.)(2012): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě České republiky 1 : 25 000, 21-423 Stará Lhota, MS Česká geologická služba Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Jiří Babůrek, 18.04.2012
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 12.11.2012
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3497 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3497.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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