Ortoruly nad úd.nádrží Janov
General Characteristics
County (administration):
Ústecký kraj
District (town):
Most
Village:
Litvínov
Cadastre:
Lounice
Map sheets:
02-31 Litvínov, 02-314 Litvínov
Accessibility:
entry permit for car necessary
ID:
876
Geology
Short characteristics of the site:
Natural outcrops with medium-grained muscovite-biotite orthogneiss. It is schistose and subhorizontally foliated. Orthogneiss passes into a medium-grained muscovite-biotite metagranite. Petrologicallly interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit:
Bohemian Massif > Saxothuringicum > Krušné hory and Smrčiny crystalline complexes
Stratigraphy:
Proterozoic
Subject:
petrology, structural geology
Geological phenomenon:
outcrop
Genesis:
metamorphic (general metamorphism)
Rock:
orthogneiss
Territorial protection
Level of protection:
Registered interesting geological localities
Conflicts of interests:
without conflicts
References
- Mlčoch, B. et al. (1990): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSSR 1 : 25 000 02-314 Litvínov. - ÚÚG Praha. Scheumann, K. (1932): Uber die petrogenetische Ableitung des roten Erzgebirgsgneises. - Tschermaks mineral. petrogr. Mitt., 42, 414-454. Wien
Elaboration and Updating
Elaborated by:
Bedřich Mlčoch, 09.11.1994
Updated by:
Citation
The database Important geological localities of the Czech Republic: 876 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-06-16]. Available from: https:// lokality.geology.cz/876.
Location in map:
Assessment
Scientifical assesment:
Educational assesment:
Significance:
regional
Representativeness:
middle
Geological importance:
Locality conditions:
acceptable
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