General Characteristics

County (administration): Liberec Region
District (town): Česká Lípa
Cadastre: Heřmanice v Podještědí
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0313, 03131
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 4070

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Conspicuous elevation formed of phonolitic lava which extruded within two stages, possibly inside maar crater. During first stage, lava formed flat body, during second one typical lava dome. Cretaceous sandstones of Teplice Beds underlye phenolite body. Great part of this area is situated behind border in Germany. The locality is situated in the Protected Landscape Area "Lužické hory - the Lusatian Mountains.".
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology, quaternary geology
Geological phenomenon: lava
Genesis: volcanic , weathering
Rock: phonolite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Interesting geological localities in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Lužické hory
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rapprich Vladislav,
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 19.02.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 4070 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/4070.

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