General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Chomutov
Cadastre: Klášterec nad Ohří
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1122, 11221
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2051

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Remnant of a scoria cone on the northern periphery of the Doupovské hory Volcanic Complex. The pyroclastic rocks overlay deposits of lahars and debris avalanches. The scoria cone produced a lava flow to the northeast. The composition of erupted magmas is trachybasalt. This locality is recommended for protection.
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
Geological phenomenon: lava
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: trachybasalt

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Hradecký P. a kolektiv autorů, 2002: Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR v měřítku 1 : 25 000 list 11221 Stráž nad Ohří.- Česká geologická služba Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 20.04.04
Updated by: Plíšek Antonín 19.01.05, Rapprich Vladislav 21.09.09, Rapprich Vladislav 11.11.09, Kukal Zdeněk 22.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2051 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2051.

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