Vysoká hole - Medvědí důl
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Šumperk
Village:
Loučná nad Desnou
Cadastre:
Rejhotice
Map sheets:
14-24 Bělá pod Pradědem, 14-244 Karlova studánka
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
838
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Talus on steep forested slope. The blocks of the Darkov Quartzite yielded an accumulated remains of brachiopods. These fossils prove the Pragian age. Intensive dynamic regional metamorphosis of quartzites. Stratigraphically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian
Subject:
paleontology, structural geology, lithology
Geological phenomenon:
fossils fauna, scree
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism), sedimentary
Rock:
qurtzite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
National nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Jeseníky
Additional information:
See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR, code 1307 (Praděd)
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Chlupáč, I. (1975): Nové nálezy fauny v metamorfovaném devonu Hrubého Jeseníku a jejich význam. - Čas. Mineral. Geol., 20, 259-271. Praha. Chlupáč, I. (1989): Fossil communities in the metamorphic Lower Devonian of the Hrubý Jeseník Mts., Czechoslovakia. - N. Jb. Geol. Palaont., Abh., 177, 3, 367-392
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Ivo Chlupáč, 29.06.1993
Updated by:
Gürtlerová Pavla, 19.11.2007
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 838 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/838.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
great
Educational assesment:
major
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
major
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
no problems
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