General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Vrbice u Valče
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11242
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
Accessibility: - no traffic restriction ( by car)
Technical object: incrush, cave-in
ID : 3507

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Outcrop of coarse-grained pyroclastics in dirty road, southern slopes of the Doupov Mts. Rich fossil flora of Oligocene age - rames, leaves.
Regional geologic unit: Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands, Bohemian Massif - superficial deposits and post-Variscian magmatites - Tertiary - Basins under Krušné hory Mts.and adjoining volcanic uplands
Stratigraphy: kenozoikum - paleogén - oligocén
Subject: paleontology
Geological phenomenon: fossils-flora
Genesis: sedimentary
Rock: tuff

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered interesting geological localities
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: C - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a registration in the database of CGS
Conflicts of interests: agriculture

References

Hradecký P. a kol., 2012: vysvětlivky k základní geologické mapě ČR 1:25 000 Valeč. - Česká geologická služba, Praha.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 15.08.11

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3507 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-05-01]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3507.

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