General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Mrsklesy
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0234, 02342
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
ID : 1342

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A nature landmark. The hill consists of a trachyte laccolith at the stratigraphical boundary Cretaceous/volcanic complex. The rocks exhibit frost weathering phenomena. Also botanical locality.
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: geomorphology, geology, botany
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, rock
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: phonolite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument 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) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Cajz, V. (edit.), 1996: České středohoří. Geologická a přírodovědná mapa 1:100000. - Str. 31, ČGÚ, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Dašková Jiřina, 18.06.02
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 03.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1342 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2023-12-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1342.

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