General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Chomutov
Cadastre: Kotvina
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1122, 11222
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 17

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Remnant of a monogenic volcano on the northern periphery of the Doupovské hory Volcanic Complex. Three lava flows alternate with coarse pyroclastic deposits of local origin.
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, petrology, zoology
Geological phenomenon: lava flow, horizontal section
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basanite

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature monument
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)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

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Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 09.11.94
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 22.02.05, Rapprich Vladislav 03.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 17 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/17.

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