General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Sedlečko u Karlových Var, Šemnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1121, 11214
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 1903

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Phonolitic volcanic spine on the southwestern margin of the Doupovské hory Volcanic Complex.
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: geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rock bag, dyke
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: phonolite

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 and Biological Locality)
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Slavkovský les
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Edice Chráněná území České republiky, svazek XI, Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. Ulrych J., Lloyd F.E., Balogh K. (2003): Age Relations and Geochemical Constraints of Cenozoic Alkaline Volcanic Series in W Bohemia: A Review. Geolines, 15, 168-180.; Skácelová Z., Rapprich V., Mlčoch B. (in print): Effect of small potassium-rich dykes on regional gamma-spectrometry image of a potassium-poor volcanic complex: a case from the Doupovské hory Volcanic Complex, NW Czech Republic. J. Volcanol. Geotherm. Res., doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.07.018.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Stanzelová Zuzana, 03.07.09
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 01.07.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 03.07.09, Rapprich Vladislav 21.09.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 1903 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-27]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/1903.

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