Kozinec
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Jablonec nad Nisou
Village:
Železný Brod
Cadastre:
Železný Brod, Hrubá Horka
Map sheets:
03-32 Jablonec nad Nisou, 03-324 Turnov
Accessibility:
no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID:
4106
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Long and geomorphologicallly modified rockwall. Various morphological features occur, such as pillars, rugged ridges, needles, etc. Frost weathering has played important role in modelling. Metaquartzites are most abundant being associated with variable metamorphic rocks of the Devonian age. Blockfields are abundant along foot of outcrops. The locality is situated in the Geopark "Český ráj - the Bohemian Paradise".
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Lugicum > -Krkonoše-Jizerské hory Mts. crystalline complex > Železný Brod crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
geomorphology, geology
Geological phenomenon:
rockwall, rock pillar, mushroom rock
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
quartzite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Part of national geopark:
Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests:
waste disposal
References
- Vítek Jan (1989): Skalní zeď Kozinec u Železného Brodu, čas. Památky a příroda, roč. 14, č. 10, 618-619
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Markéta Vajskebrová, 21.11.2017
Updated by:
Kukal Zdeněk, 04.03.2018
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4106 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/4106.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping), geoturistic value
Locality conditions:
no problems
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