Vysoká u Jítravy
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Liberecký kraj
District (town):
Liberec
Village:
Hrádek nad Nisou
Cadastre:
Dolní Suchá u Chotyně
Map sheets:
03-13 Hrádek nad Nisou, 03-134 Křížany
Accessibility:
passable footpath
ID:
528
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Forested hill slope with natural outcrops. Important paleontological locality with basic volcanic rocks. Volcaniclastic interlayers and associated limestones yielded coral and brachiopod fauna (possibly of Frasnian age). Reference locality, stratigraphically significant.
Regional geologic unit:
> Ještěd crystalline complex
Stratigraphy:
Paleozoic
Subject:
stratigraphy, paleontology, sedimentology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
scree, scree field
Genesis:
volcanic , sedimentary
Rock:
carbonate, tuffite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Lužické hory
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Galle-Chlupáč /1973/ Gallwitz /1929/
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 21.04.1993
Updated by:
Mrázová Štěpánka, 21.10.2009
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 528 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/528.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
paleontological type locality
Locality conditions:
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