General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Dubina
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1113, 11134
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
ID : 2395

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrops, boulders and frost-riven cliffs in porphyritic biotite granite on the left bank of the Ohře River near Libá (Cheb area), at the boundary with Germany. The granites belong to the Smrčiny pluton. The site is protected for the presence of rare flora.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: geology, geomorphology
Geological phenomenon: outcrop
Genesis: magmatic
Rock: granite

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: without conflicts

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.160

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Gürtlerová Pavla, 22.06.07

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2395 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-08]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2395.

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