General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre: Mojžíř
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0241, 02411
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 145

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Landslide division place and nearby gorge. Deep elevation in a post-Cretaceous relief filled with 200 metres thick sequence of volcaniclastic sediments. It represents a lower part of the volcanosedimentary complex. Geomorphologically and sedimentologically significant 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: volcanology, sedimentology, geology, petrology, mineralogy
Geological phenomenon: lahar, intrusion, landslide, horizontal section, volcaniclastic deposits, dyke, characteristic rock, mineral
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic
Rock: epiclastic deposits, lahar, sandstone, conglomerate, tephrite

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 Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: estates, recreation, industry

References

Cajz, V. (1993): Divoká rokle v Ústí nad Labem - rekonstrukce sopečného vývoje. - Ústecké muzejní sešity, 4, 5-14. Ústí nad Labem. Čech, S. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky a Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 02-411 Ústí nad Labem. - MS Archiv ČGU, Praha.; Radoň, M. (2010): Historické a významné mineralogické lokality Českého středohoří a jejich současný stav, Sborník abstraktů a exkurzní průvodce 2. vulkanického semináře Odborné skupiny vulkanologie české geologické společnosti, 4. - 6. 10 2010, Teplice, regionální muzeum v Teplicích, 84.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Cajz Vladimír, 25.11.93
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 03.09.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 08.03.22

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 145 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/145.

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