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General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Chomutov
Cadastre: Pokutice, Úhošť, Zahrada u Kadaně, Úhošťany
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1122, 11222
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 10

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Sequence of nine lava flows is exposed on the slopes of Úhošť table rock. These display variations in chemical composition reflecting an exhausting of a complex magma reservoir. Variety of basaltic rocks (nephelinite, tephrite, picrobasalt, basalt) can be seen on the outcrops.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology, petrology, geomorphology, paleontology, botany
Geological phenomenon: lava flow, table mountain, horizontal section
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: tephrite, basalt, tuff

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve
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)
Conflicts of interests: agriculture, others human activity

References

Hradecký P. (2000): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 11222 Kadaň. - Český geologický ústav Praha; Mlčoch B. a kolektiv autorů, 1994: Geologicky významné lokality v severočeské pánvi a jejím okolí, chráněné nebo navržené k ochraně.- Český geologický ústav Praha.; Rapprich V. a Holub F.V. (2008): Geochemi cal variations within the Up per Oligocene–Lower Mio cene lava succession of Úhošt’ Hill (NE mar gin of Doupovské hory Mts., Czech Republic). - Geological Quarterly, 52(3): 253-268.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 07.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 30.11.04, Hradecký Petr 10.11.08, Rapprich Vladislav 19.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 10 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-03-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/10.

Location in map:

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Motyčková Kamila - Šír Jiří, 2004


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