Dolní Údolí - Strmý
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Olomoucký kraj
District (town):
Jeseník
Village:
Zlaté Hory
Cadastre:
Dolní Údolí
Map sheets:
15-11 Zlaté Hory, 15-113 Zlaté Hory
ID:
850
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Blocks on a forested slope. Talus consisting of quartzite blocks which contain accumulations of fossil communities of the Drakov Quartzite. Interesting example of fossil preservation in regionally metamorphosed sediments.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Moravosilesian region > Silezicum
Stratigraphy:
Devonian
Subject:
paleontology, petrology
Geological phenomenon:
scree, fossils fauna
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
qurtzite
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas):
Jeseníky
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Chlupáč, I. (1979): Nová naleziště devonské fauny v metamorfikách severní části Hrubého Jeseníku. - Čas. Mineral. Geol., 24, 337-346. 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, 03.06.2011
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 850 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/850.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
medium
Educational assesment:
middle
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
minor
Geological importance:
geo-regional value (mapping)
Locality conditions:
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