General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre: Ústí nad Labem
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0241, 02411
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Technical object: guarry
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 147

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Abandoned quarry exposing a structure of a volcanic complex. Several lava flows are present with their differentiation within individual flows. Volcanologically 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, petrology
Geological phenomenon: volcaniclastic deposits, lava, characteristic rock
Genesis: volcanic , sedimentary
Rock: basanite, volcaniclastic deposits

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: estates

References

Čech, S. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky a Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 02-411 Ústí nad Labem. - MS Archiv ČGU, Praha. Shrbený, O. (1968): Terciérní vulkanity střední části Českého středohoří. - MS kandidátská disertační práce, Archiv ČGU, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Cajz Vladimír, 25.11.93
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 07.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 147 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/147.

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