General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Tureč u Hradiště
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11242
Geological region: Neovolcanics of the České středohoří Mts.
Accessibility: - access without footpath
ID : 3

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Group of natural and artificial outcrops. Part of a Doupov pyroclastic commplex is exposed here. Hyalite precipitates occur on the boundary between volcanic scoria and lava. It lies on quartzose sandstones and conglomerates which are of Paleogene age. They represent an eastermost occurrence of the Staré Sedlo Formation.
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: geology, mineralogy, volcanology
Geological phenomenon: volcaniclastic deposits
Genesis: volcanic , hydrothermal mineralization
Rock: scoria, lava, conglomerate, sandstone

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 (declared as Geological Locality)
Conflicts of interests: collection, warfare

References

HRADECKÝ P. (1997) — The Doupov Mountains. In: Geological Model of Western Bohemia Related to the KTB Borehole in Germany (eds. S. Vrána and V. Štědrá). J. Geol. Sc., Geology, 47: 125–127.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 11.07.94
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 03.09.09, Rapprich Vladislav 12.12.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-05]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3.

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