General Characteristics

County (administration): Central Bohemia Region
District (town): Mladá Boleslav
Cadastre: Mužský
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0334, 03341
Geological region: Czech Cretaceous Basin - Labe & Čáslav Cretaceous; Cretaceous of the Dlouhá mez
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
ID : 3178

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Mužský is a feeder of olivine nephelinite party exposed by selective erosion and partly mantled by medium-grained pyroclastics. Grain-supported bedded pyroclastics suggest, Mužský is a remnant of a tuff cone. Age of Mužský has been determined by K/Ar method to 19,43 ± 0,61 Ma (burdigalian).
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: volcanology
Geological phenomenon: volcaniclastic deposits, dyke
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basanite, pyroclastic deposits

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve in Protected landscape area
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: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Part of LEPA (Large-size especially protected areas): CHKO (Protected landscape area) - Český ráj
Part of the Geopark: Bohemian Paradise
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Valečka, J., red. (2011): Základní geologická mapa České republiky 1 : 25 000 s Vysvětlivkami 03-341 Kněžmost. - Česká geologická služba. Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rapprich Vladislav, 01.06.10
Updated by: Rapprich Vladislav 11.11.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3178 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-24]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3178.

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