General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Litoměřice
Cadastre: Mukařov u Úštěku
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0241, 02412
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
ID : 150

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Road cut with outcrops of coarse-grained volcaniclastic sediments. They can be classified as redeposited tephritic pyroclastic rocks. They exhibit oblique stratification and contain except of voolcanic material also clasts of Cretaceous sandstones. Volcanologically interesting 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, petrology

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registred geological localities suggested to protection in Protected landscape area
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - České středohoří
Conflicts of interests: road construction

References

Cajz, V. et al. (in prep.): Vysvětlivky a Základní geologická mapa ČR 1 : 25 000, list 02-412 Povrly.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Cajz Vladimír, 29.11.93

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 150 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/150.

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