General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Klapý
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0243, 02433
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Velim, Praha, Roudnice and Ohře Cretaceous
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1275

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Hazmburk Hill with ruins of a medieval castle. An exhumed dyke of nephelinite basalt. Basaltic outcrops are surrounded by marine Cretaceous sediments. Petrologically and historically interesting locality, also very attractive for tourists.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Cretaceous - Czech Cretaceous Basin, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: geology, history, botany, geomorphology, engineering geology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: dyke, rock, landslide
Genesis: volcanic , sedimentary
Rock: basalt, marlstone

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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kukal Z., Reichmann, F., 1990: International Symposium on Geochemical prospecting. - Excursion Guide, ČGÚ, str. 76 - 79. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 27.11.01
Updated by: Adamovič Jiří 17.02.07, Zelenka Přemysl 19.07.07, Zelenka Přemysl 15.09.09, Zelenka Přemysl 02.09.14, Zelenka Přemysl 12.05.15

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1275 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1275.

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