General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Ústí nad Labem
Cadastre: Krásný Les v Krušných horách
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 0214, 02144
Geological region: Krušné hory Mts. crystalline complex; Karlovy Vary Massif (SW part)
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Excursion locality: yes
ID : 335

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Prominent hill with large outcrop of an olivinic nephelinite which is distinctly columnary jointed. This volcanic rocks cuts through the Upper Cenomanoian sandstones. Geologically interesting locality.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Dispersed Alcalic volcanits
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - terciér (paleogén - neogén)
Subject: mineralogy, petrology, stratigraphy
Geological phenomenon: lava
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: basaltoid (basaltic-rock)

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Nature reserve
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)
Conflicts of interests: without conflicts

References

Novák, J. in Chrt, J. et al. (1987): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1 : 25 000 02-144, 02-142 Petrovice. ČGU Praha. Schovánek, P. et al. (1991): Vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČSFR 1 : 25 000, 02-144, 02142 Petrovice. ČGU Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Schovánek Pavel, 31.05.94
Updated by: Lorencová Markéta 30.03.04, Mlčoch Bedřich 08.10.09

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 335 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-23]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/335.

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