General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Cheb
Cadastre: Vackovec
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1114, 11141
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 2537

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: A natural issue of mineral water and gas (a mofette) in the Plesná Stream valley at Vackovec in the Tertiary Cheb Basin. The gases are composed of carbon dioxide (99 %) and helium. Helium isotope composition indicates a deep source of the gases.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Quaternary - Quaternary volcanism of Bohemian Massif
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - kvartér
Subject: volcanology, geology, hydrogeology, botany
Geological phenomenon: spring, river source, mofette
Genesis: volcanic , tectonic
Rock: loam, clay, sand

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 Locality)
Part of the Geopark: Egeria
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Kollarik E., Vít J. (1993):Ašsko a Chebsko, turistická mapa 1:50 000. Edice klubu českých turistů 1.Praha. Weinlich F. H., Tesař J., Weise S. M., Bräuer K., Kämpf H. (1998): Gas flux distribution in mineral springs and tectonic structure in the western Eger Rift. Journal of the Czech Geol.Society 43/1-2(1998). Bankwitz P., Schneider G., Kämpf H., Bankwitz E. (2003): Structural characteristics of epicentral areas in Central Europe: study case Cheb Basin (Czech Republic). Journal of Geodynamics 35 (2003) 5-32.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Skácelová Zuzana, 25.08.06
Updated by: Gürtlerová Pavla 08.12.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 2537 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-29]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/2537.

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