General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Polná u Hazlova
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1113, 11132
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - entry permit for car necessary
ID : 2371

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A peat bog 5 km west of Hazlov near Cheb, at the boundary with Germany. The peat bog fills a circular depression in porphyritic biotite granites to granodiorites of the Smrčiny pluton. A former pond, now the spring area of the Libský potok brook. The site is protected as a nature reserve.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: botany, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: peat bog
Genesis: organogenic (activity of organisms)
Rock: peat

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: forestry

References

Zahradnický J., Mackovčin P.a kol.(2005): Plzeňsko a Karlovarsko. In: Mackovčin P. a Sedláček M.(eds.): Chráněná území ČR, svazek XI. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR a EkoCentrum Brno, Praha str.165; Lokalizace je převzata z Registru chráněných lokalit AOPK - 2007

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.06.07
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 22.06.07, Žáček Vladimír 14.06.10

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2371 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-03]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2371.

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