
Břidličná
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Šumperk
Village:
Vernířovice
Cadastre:
Vernířovice u Sobotína
Map sheets:
14-42 Rýmařov, 14-422 Malá Morávka
Accessibility:
access without footpath
ID:
842
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Talus on mountain slope. Blocks of Darkov Quartzite with preserve remains of macrofauna (brachiopods, pelecypods and ichnofossils). Intreresting example of fossil preservation in regionally metamorphosed micaceous quartzites.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian
Subject:
paleontology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
scree, fossils fauna
Genesis:
weathering
Rock:
qurtzite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
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 3408 (Břidličná)
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:
Pecina Vratislav, 02.06.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 842 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/842.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
supraregional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Excursion locality:
yes
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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