Kunětická hora
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Pardubice
Village:
Ráby
Cadastre:
Ráby
Map sheets:
13-24 Hradec Králové, 13-243 Rybitví
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object:
guarry
ID:
3567
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Significant elevation in flat landscape surrounding the Town of Pardubice is built up of tephriphonolitic laccolith. The hill is topped with late-meddieval castle. The rock is exposed by quarry in western a southern part of the hill. The intrusion of the tephriphonolite into Cretaceous sediments is dated to Oligocene. The current shape of the hill results from selective erosion.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Tertiary > Tertiary - scaterred relics of alkaline Volcanics
Stratigraphy:
Tertiary
Subject:
volcanology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock, intrusion
Genesis:
volcanic
Rock:
phonolite
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 5980 (Kunětická hora)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Juráček J. (2015): Deformační vývoj hornin a vztah geologických struktur k údolním osám na Kunětické hoře u Pardubic, Vč. sb. přír. – Práce a studie, 22 (2015): 19–36. Rapprich V. (2012): Za sopkami po Čechách, Grada Publishing, Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Vladislav Rapprich, 03.09.2012
Updated by:
Rapprich Vladislav, 03.01.2013
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3567 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3567.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
national
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
no problems
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