Rabštejn
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Pardubický kraj
District (town):
Chrudim
Village:
Rabštejnská Lhota
Cadastre:
Smrkový Týnec
Map sheets:
13-42 Pardubice, 13-423 Chrudim
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
3593
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
The series of rocky outcrops in forested area with ruins of castle Rabštejn. In this locality light quartzites prevail being accompanied by schists and siltstones. All the sediments are slightly metamorphosed. In quartzites numerous ichnofossils were found. Some parts of rocks suffered frost weathering and so vast stone fields rim the outcrop foot. The section is of Middle Ordovician age, the quartzites are stratigraphically correlated with Barrandian Skalka Formation. The locality belongs to the National Geopark "Železné hory - the Iron Mts,"!.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Bohemicum > Chrudim Early Palaeozoic > Vápenný Podol Syncline
Stratigraphy:
Middle Ordovician
Subject:
geomorphology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon:
gully, horizontal section, block field
Genesis:
sedimentary, weathering
Rock:
quartzite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Part of national geopark:
Železné hory
Conflicts of interests:
forestry
References
- DOUCEK, Jan (2012): Národní Geopark Železné hory - mapování. Závěrečná zpráva, MS Vodní zdroje Chrudim, spol. s r. o.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Anna Králová, 29.10.2012
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 12.09.2017
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3593 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/3593.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
international
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality, significant study profile, geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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