General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Oparno, Lhotka nad Labem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0243, 02431
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 136

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Complex hill towering above Lovosice City. Its structure shows that this elevation is composed of several volcanic units. Its summit consists of an intrusion of the olivine nephelinite. To the southeast - a trachytic laccolith occurs. Volcanologically and petrologically interesting site.
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, geomorphology, botany
Geological phenomenon: intrusion, selective erosion, scree
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basalt

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National nature reserve 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

Shrbený et al. (1967): Základní geologická mapa 1 : 25 000 M-33-53-A-c Litoměřice. - Archiv ÚÚG, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Cajz Vladimír, 10.11.94
Updated by: Hradecký Petr 10.11.08, Rapprich Vladislav 18.11.08

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 136 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/136.

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