General Characteristics

County (administration): Plzeň Region
District (town): Tachov
Cadastre: Kokašice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1141, 11414
Geological region: Teplá, Tachov, Smrčiny, Svatava, Cheb-Dyleň a Slavkov crystalline complexes, Thüringen - Vogtland Palaeozoic; Karlovy Vary Massif (SE part)
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2398

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Solitary basaltic feeder penetrating Neo-Proterozoic low-grade metamorphosed rocks. The basalt body shows very intensive columnar jointing.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: geomorphology, volcanology, history, archeology
Geological phenomenon: stony organ
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basaltoid (basaltic-rock)

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 (geology is important aspect of Biological declared Locality )
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, str.463 Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Jirková Pavlína, 20.02.09
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 21.09.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 02.08.10, Kukal Zdeněk 28.11.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2398 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-19]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2398.

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