General Characteristics

County (administration): Ústí nad Labem Region
District (town): Louny
Cadastre: Vrbička
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11242
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
Accessibility: - access without footpath
Technical object: guarry
ID : 3509

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: Instructive section in the abandoned quarry wall in Vrbička-Detaň locality yielded important paleontological, paleogegraphical and volcanological data on basal Oligocene pyroclastic sequences of the Doupov volcanic apparatus.
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: stratigraphy, volcanology, paleontology
Geological phenomenon: unconformity, fossils fauna, volcaniclastic deposits
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: tuff, lava

Territorial conservation

Level of protection: Registered geological localities suggested for protection
Protection of a geol. phenomenon: B - Geological phenomenon is the reason for a recommendation to the protection
Conflicts of interests: water resources, waste disposal

References

Mikuláš R., Fejfar O., Ulrych J., Žigová A., Kadlecová E., Cajz V., 2003: A study of the Detaň locality (Oligocene, Doupovské hory Mts. volcanic complex, Czech Republic): Collection of field data and starting points for interpretation. - Geolines 15, 91-97.

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Hradecký Petr, 30.05.95
Updated by: Hradecký Petr 10.05.12

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3509 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3509.

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