Skalní brána u Vesce
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Jihočeský kraj
District (town):
Písek
Village:
Kovářov
Cadastre:
Vesec
Map sheets:
22-23 Mirovice, 22-232 Kovářov
ID:
494
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Accumulation of granite blocks resembling a rock arch. Rock consist of a porphyritic hornblende-biotite melanocratic granite of Čertovo břemeno type. Cryogenic forms of weathering also present. Geomorphologically interesting phenomenon.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moldanubicum > Magmatites in Moldanubicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian - Permian
Subject:
petrology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon:
rock arch, characteristic rock, weather pit
Genesis:
frost weathering
Rock:
granite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Conflicts of interests:
open cast mining, tourism
References
- Bílek J.-Sládek J.(1982): Kovářovsko - průvodce oblastí a naučnou stezkou. Okresní pedagogické středisko v Písku
- Chábera S.(1992): Žulové balvany se skalními mísami na Kovářovsku. Sborník Jihočeského muzea v Českých Budějovicích, přírodní vědy, roč.32,str.5-11.České Budějovice.
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivan Cicha, 21.09.1994
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 494 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/494.
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