General Characteristics

County (administration): Karlovy Vary Region
District (town): Karlovy Vary
Cadastre: Bražec u Hradiště
Map 1 : 50 000 (sheet No): 1124, 11241
Geological region: Cheb & Sokolov basins and Neovolcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
Accessibility: - special entry permit necessary (military area, quarry, private land)
ID : 3742

Geology

Short characteristics of the site: This localikty represents a series of outcrop in the road cut. Several types of volcanic products are present there. The erosional relics of scoria fans overlie lahar deposits. Picrobasalts and nephelinite with analcime are exposed nearby. This locality represents volcanics of the Doupovské hory Mts.
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: volcanology
Geological phenomenon: volcaniclastic deposits, characteristic rock, lithological boundary
Genesis: volcanic
Rock: volcaniclastic deposits, picrobasalt

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: warfare

References

Mlčoch ed. (2013): Vysvětlivky k mapě 1 : 25 000 list 11-241 Bochov

Elaboration and Updating

Elaborated by: Rapprich Vladislav, 10.11.13
Updated by: Kukal Zdeněk 25.09.17

Citation

The database Significant geological localities of the Czech Republic: 3742 [online]. Prague: Czech Geological Survey, 1998 [cit. 2024-04-26]. Available from: http:// lokality.geology.cz/3742.

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