General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Česká Lípa
Cadastre: Svor, Arnultovice u Nového Boru
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0224, 02244
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 29

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Forested hill, a prominent landmark. Its summit part consists of a body of sodalite phonolite, exhumed by erosion from the surrounding Cretaceous sediments. Interesting geomorphological features, such as frost-riven cliffs and talus fields. A geomorphologically attractive locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: geomorphology, petrology, geology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, frost cliff, scree field
Genesis: volcanic , frost weathering
Rock: phonolite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
Additional information: See the Digital register of the Agency for Nature Conservation and Landscape Protection of the Czech Republic AOPK ČR
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: A - Protected Area (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Lužické hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Shrbený, O. - Macháček, V. (1973): Microelements in melilitic rocks of northern Bohemia. - Čas. min. geol., 19, 1, 15-25. Demek, J. et. al. (1987): Hory a nížiny. - Academia Praha. Mackovčin P., Sedláček M. a Kuncová J. (2002): Chráněná území ČR - Liberecko, Svazek III. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha, 331 s.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Valečka Jaroslav, 11.11.94
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 21.02.07, Lorencová Markéta 26.06.07, Rapprich Vladislav 21.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 29 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/29.

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