General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Sokolov
Cadastre: Stříbrná
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1112, 11122
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 2526

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A set of natural outcrops of granites of the Karlovy Vary pluton 4 km NE of Kraslice. Granite morphologies are modified by frost weathering in the Pleistocene, forming rock walls, tors, mushroom rocks, frost-riven cliffs and boulder fields. Slope deformations are common. This relief also produces a set of specific ecosystems with rare flora.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - crystalline complex and pre-Variscian Palaeozoic - Saxothuringicum - Krušné hory Mts. Pluton
Stratigraphy: variské (hercynské) stáří vyvřelin
Subject: botany, zoology, geology, geomorphology, petrology
Geological phenomenon: rock, characteristic rock
Genesis: magmatic, frost weathering
Rock: granite

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
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: tourism

References

Škvor, V. (1975): Geologie české části Krušných hor a Smrčin. - Knihovna ÚÚG, sv. 48, Praha. Rojík, P. (2000): Geologické a geomorfologické posouzení lokalit Komáří vrch a čedičový lom Rotava. - Okresní úřad Sokolov

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rojík Petr, 15.03.06

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2526 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2526.

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