Vrchlabí - střídání svorů a zelených břidlic
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Královéhradecký kraj
District (town):
Trutnov
Village:
Vrchlabí
Cadastre:
Hořejší Vrchlabí
Map sheets:
03-41 Semily, 03-414 Vrchlabí
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
3584
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
This locality consists of rocky ouitcrops in a road cut. The outcrop series displays an alternation of mica schists and geen schists. The mica schists consist of muscovite, chlorite and numerous veinets filled by an secretional quartz. The green schists are mechanically disintegrated up to small plates. This locality belongs to the Krkonoše-Jizera Crystalline.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > -Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts. crystalline complex > Krkonoše crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
geology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
characteristic rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
mica schist, greenschist
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
road construction
References
- Prouza V. et al. (2012): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1: 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami , list 03 – 414 Vrchlabí. Česká geologická služba. Praha
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Pavel Schovánek, 25.10.2012
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 18.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3584 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3584.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
no problems
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