General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mělník
Cadastre: Kopeč
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1222, 12223
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 1217

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: An isolated hill with natural outcrops of Tertiary basaltic volcanics (foidite). A basaltic volcanic breccia with xenoliths of Cretaceous and Proterozoic sediments. Volcanologically and petrologically significant locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: petrology, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: vulcano, volcaniclastic deposits
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt, agglomerate, spilite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: 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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Fediuk F.- Chalupný V. (1998): Geologický a vlastivědný výlet do pravobřežního dolního Povltaví.- Exkurze ČGSpolečnosti č. 2, str. 7 - 9, Geohelp Praha

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Plíšek Antonín, 14.08.01
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 06.03.03, Lorencová Markéta 29.05.06, Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 20.07.07, Zelenka Přemysl 16.09.09, Rapprich Vladislav 11.11.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1217 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1217.

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