General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Týn u Lomnice
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1112, 11124
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
Accessibility: - passable footpath
Technical object: sand pit
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2525

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A sand pit SE of Sokolov in the Tertiary Sokolov Basin. It exposes sediments of the Upper Eocene Staré Sedlo Formation in a strip 1.5 km long: sands, gravels, sandstone, conglomerates and clays. An important site of fossil flora and a good site for a sedimentological study. The locality is protected as a National Nature Monument.
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: stratigraphy, economic geology, geology, paleontology, sedimentology, zoology
Geological phenomenon: river channel, fossils-flora
Genesis: sedimentary, volcanic , anthropogenic (anthropogenic activity)
Rock: clay, sand, sandstone, gravel, conglomerate

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: National 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 (declared as Geological and Biological Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: recreation, sports, open cast mining, waste disposal

References

Knobloch, E. - Konzalová, M. - Kvaček, Z. (1996): Die obereozäne Flora der Staré Sedlo-Schichtenfolge in Böhmen. - Rozpravy ČGÚ, sv. 49, Praha. Rojík, P. (2004): Tektonosedimentární vývoj sokolovské pánve. - Disertační práce PřF UK v Praze.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rojík Petr, 15.03.06
Updated by: Hrazdíra Petr 15.09.09, Gürtlerová Pavla 20.11.09, Vajskebrová Markéta 16.06.18

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2525 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-25]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2525.

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